How do I find my EPO Credentials?

Register for an account at the [**EPO OPS developer portal**](https://developers.epo.org/), create an application, and you will receive your Consumer Key and Consumer Secret. Copy and paste them below.

Does it support legal status checks?

Yes. The `get_patent_legal_status` tool retrieves the current administrative and legal status metadata for specified patent publications.

What format is required for Doc IDs?

The API uses standard EPODOC format (e.g., EP1234567) for patent identifiers across all retrieval tools.

EPO Open Patent Services MCP Server for OpenAI Agents SDK 4 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: EPO Open Patent Services
Availability: InStock
Author: Vinkius

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The OpenAI Agents SDK enables production-grade agent workflows in Python. Connect EPO Open Patent Services through Vinkius and your agents gain typed, auto-discovered tools with built-in guardrails. no manual schema definitions required.

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python

import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp

async def main():
    # Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
    async with MCPServerStreamableHttp(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    ) as mcp_server:

        agent = Agent(
            name="EPO Open Patent Services Assistant",
            instructions=(
                "You help users interact with EPO Open Patent Services. "
                "You have access to 4 tools."
            ),
            mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
        )

        result = await Runner.run(
            agent, "List all available tools from EPO Open Patent Services"
        )
        print(result.final_output)

asyncio.run(main())

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About EPO Open Patent Services MCP Server

Empower your AI agent to orchestrate your entire intellectual property research and patent auditing workflow with EPO Open Patent Services (OPS), the authoritative source for European and global patent data. By connecting the EPO OPS API to your agent, you transform complex patent searches into a natural conversation. Your agent can instantly retrieve bibliographic metadata, audit legal statuses, and identify applicants without you ever touching a patent portal. Whether you are conducting competitive intelligence or managing corporate IP constraints, your agent acts as a real-time patent consultant, ensuring your data is always verified and precise.

The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 4 tools from EPO Open Patent Services through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries EPO Open Patent Services, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.

What you can do

Patent Auditing — Search for thousands of published patents and retrieve high-resolution metadata, including titles, applicants, and publication dates.
Legal Oversight — Audit the current legal status of any patent publication to understand the administrative reach of IP rights instantly.
Bibliographic Discovery — Query detailed bibliographic data for specific Doc IDs to assist in deep-dive archival classification.
Data Intelligence — Retrieve unique patent identifiers and applicant information to maintain strict organizational control over IP data.
Operational Monitoring — Check API status to ensure your patent research workflow is always operational.

The EPO Open Patent Services MCP Server exposes 4 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to OpenAI Agents SDK in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect EPO Open Patent Services to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the EPO Open Patent Services MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

Install the SDK

Run pip install openai-agents in your Python environment

Replace the token

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token from cloud.vinkius.com

Run the script

Save the code above and run it: python agent.py

Explore tools

The agent will automatically discover 4 tools from EPO Open Patent Services

Why Use OpenAI Agents SDK with the EPO Open Patent Services MCP Server

OpenAI Agents SDK provides unique advantages when paired with EPO Open Patent Services through the Model Context Protocol.

Native MCP integration via `MCPServerSse`, pass the URL and the SDK auto-discovers all tools with full type safety

Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure

Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate

First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output

EPO Open Patent Services + OpenAI Agents SDK Use Cases

Practical scenarios where OpenAI Agents SDK combined with the EPO Open Patent Services MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Automated workflows: build agents that query EPO Open Patent Services, process the data, and trigger follow-up actions autonomously

Multi-agent orchestration: create specialist agents. one queries EPO Open Patent Services, another analyzes results, a third generates reports

Data enrichment pipelines: stream data through EPO Open Patent Services tools and transform it with OpenAI models in a single async loop

Customer support bots: agents query EPO Open Patent Services to resolve tickets, look up records, and update statuses without human intervention

EPO Open Patent Services MCP Tools for OpenAI Agents SDK (4)

These 4 tools become available when you connect EPO Open Patent Services to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP:

check_api_status

Check if the EPO Open Patent Services are operational

get_patent_bibliographic

Get full bibliographic metadata for a specific patent by Doc ID

get_patent_legal_status

Check the current legal status of a patent publication

search_epo_patents

Search for published patents in the EPO database

Example Prompts for EPO Open Patent Services in OpenAI Agents SDK

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent to start working with EPO Open Patent Services immediately.

"Search for patents related to 'electric vehicles' using EPO OPS."

"What is the legal status of patent 'EP1234567'?"

"Get bibliographic details for Doc ID 'US20230000001'."

Troubleshooting EPO Open Patent Services MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK

Common issues when connecting EPO Open Patent Services to OpenAI Agents SDK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

MCPServerStreamableHttp not found

Ensure you have the latest version: pip install --upgrade openai-agents

Agent not calling tools

Make sure your prompt explicitly references the task the tools can help with.

EPO Open Patent Services + OpenAI Agents SDK FAQ

Common questions about integrating EPO Open Patent Services MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

How does the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?

Use MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.