Patent intelligence has traditionally lived in systems separate from where attorneys draft, analyze, and make decisions. Search databases, claim lookup tools, prior art repositories, and portfolio systems often require practitioners to move constantly between platforms.

Patlytics MCP changes that.

Following its initial launch in Anthropic’s Claude, Patlytics MCP is now also available in OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Existing customers can access semantic prior art search, non-patent literature, patent and claims data, and their organization’s Patlytics portfolios and workspaces directly through either assistant.

The integration is read-only, secure, and scoped to each user’s organization, bringing patent intelligence into the AI tools attorneys already use without interrupting their workflow.

Key Takeaways

• Patlytics MCP is now available in both Claude and ChatGPT.
• Practitioners can run semantic prior art searches, retrieve patent and claims data, search non-patent literature, and access approved portfolio information.
• Access is read-only and scoped to each user’s organization. Neither assistant can modify data stored in Patlytics.
• Patlytics’ security standards carry through the integration, including Zero Data Retention and SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001 certifications.
• Both integrations are available now for existing Patlytics customers.

What Is Model Context Protocol?

Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is a standard that allows AI assistants to connect securely to external tools and data sources. Rather than relying only on information already available to the model, the assistant can retrieve structured data in real time.

For patent practitioners, this means Claude and ChatGPT can query Patlytics to run a prior art search, retrieve exact claim language, or access approved portfolio information without requiring users to move between separate systems.

Why This Matters for Patent Teams

Attorneys are increasingly using AI assistants to explore inventions, draft language, and analyze claims. Patent-specific intelligence, however, has traditionally remained in separate search databases, claims tools, and portfolio systems.

That separation creates friction. Practitioners must stop their work, open another platform, locate the relevant information, and manually bring it back into their analysis.

Confidentiality adds another challenge. Patent work often involves unpublished applications, unfiled invention disclosures, draft claims, and internal strategy that require strong data controls.

Patlytics MCP addresses both needs. It brings patent-specific intelligence into Claude and ChatGPT while maintaining read-only access, organization-level permissions, and the security standards required for sensitive IP work.

Patlytics Capabilities Available in Claude and ChatGPT

1. Semantic Prior Art Search

Keyword-based patent searches can miss relevant prior art when different language is used to describe the same underlying concept.

Patlytics supports natural-language semantic search, allowing practitioners to search using descriptive paragraphs, draft claim limitations, or complete patent specifications. The system evaluates the broader meaning of the search and ranks results based on their relevance to the underlying concept.

In Claude or ChatGPT, a practitioner can provide a draft claim and ask the assistant to run a Patlytics semantic prior art search. The assistant queries Patlytics and returns a ranked list of relevant results without requiring the user to leave the drafting environment.

2. Patent and Claims Lookup

Patlytics maintains an indexed global database of more than 130 million patents, updated weekly and covering the US, EP, KR, JP, WO, TW, CN, and other major jurisdictions.

Practitioners can ask either assistant to retrieve exact claim language, review claim dependencies, or locate relevant specification content for patents in the database. The information is returned directly within the conversation, eliminating the need to open another platform for each lookup.

3. Non-Patent Literature Search

Patlytics provides access to more than 300 million non-patent literature works sourced from OpenAlex, including academic journals, books, conference papers, preprints, and other scholarly sources.

Practitioners can use Claude or ChatGPT to search for scientific publications or academic literature that predates an invention’s priority date. Results indicate whether a source is open access or requires paid access, helping users identify relevant materials more efficiently.

4. Secure Workspace and Portfolio Access

Organizations using Patlytics can manage their IP assets through project workspaces and an organization-wide Patent Vault, supported by strict permissions and logically isolated data environments.

Through the MCP connector, Claude and ChatGPT can retrieve information from the Patlytics workspaces and portfolios available to each user. Practitioners can search project patents, query their Patent Vault, or review relevant portfolio information through either assistant.

Access remains read-only, meaning neither Claude nor ChatGPT can add, edit, or remove information stored in Patlytics.

Enterprise-Grade Security

Confidentiality remains one of the most important considerations when using AI for patent work. Unpublished applications, unfiled disclosures, draft claims, and client information require controls designed to protect sensitive data.

Patlytics MCP carries the platform’s existing security standards into both integrations:

• Zero Data Retention: Patlytics maintains contractual agreements with model providers stating that customer inputs and outputs are not retained or used to train public models.
• Data segregation: Customer and matter data is logically isolated to prevent unauthorized access across organizations or workspaces.
• Enterprise certifications: Patlytics is SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001 certified.

Queries made through Patlytics MCP remain subject to Patlytics’ security standards, whether the interaction takes place in Claude or ChatGPT.

Get Started

Wherever legal work happens, Patlytics will continue to be there.

Patlytics MCP is available now for existing customers using Claude or ChatGPT.

More integrations are on the way.‍

How to Access Patlytics in Claude

1. In Claude, go to Settings → Connectors (or click + → Browse connectors).
2. Search "Patlytics."
3. Click Connect and sign in with your Patlytics account.

How to Access Patlytics in ChatGPT

Add Patlytics to ChatGPT: here