How to Compare Patent Activity by Jurisdiction with AI
Compare patent activity by jurisdiction with AI with Patent Landscape Analytics, turning a technology query into a ranked view of where applicants are filing.
This workflow works in Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, or Codex when the selected client supports the required MCP connection. After connecting, the research steps and evidence boundaries are the same.
Patent researchers often need to compare filing activity across jurisdictions to understand where innovation is concentrated, where protection is sought, or which markets competitors prioritize. You might start with a technology keyword, but determining which patent authorities received the most applications requires current filing data and the ability to aggregate results by jurisdiction.
An AI assistant or coding agent can help frame the research question and interpret the results, but it has no live connection to filing data on its own. Patent Landscape Analytics closes that gap through MCP (Model Context Protocol), turning a patent query into jurisdiction rankings, applicant distribution, and filing trends inside the same conversation.
What Patent Landscape Analytics does
The server’s 24 tools cover filing trends, technology composition, leading applicants, jurisdiction distribution, and technology life cycle, so a single connection supports both a first-pass landscape view and deeper follow-up analysis — applicant breakdowns, time trends, or a narrower technology term — without leaving the conversation.
Prepare your query
You need a technology keyword or phrase — natural language is enough, no Boolean syntax required. In this example, the query is “battery recycling lithium recovery,” which captures direct recycling, hydrometallurgy, and selective recovery methods in one phrase. If you’re continuing from an existing patent search, you can reuse the same terms or add an assignee or classification filter.
You don’t need to set a date range or jurisdiction filter up front — the tool retrieves filing data across all available authorities and returns a ranked list, so you see the full distribution before narrowing.
Connect Patent Landscape Analytics
https://connect.Patsnap.com/59100a/mcp?apikey=yourapikey Replace yourapikey with your own Patsnap Open Platform API key before connecting. Keep the completed URL private. - Claude: add the remote MCP connection from Claude’s connector or integration settings.
- Claude Code: add the server as a remote HTTP MCP connection in your user or project configuration.
- ChatGPT: add the server through the supported connector or developer-mode MCP setup available to your workspace.
- Codex: add the server in Codex’s MCP configuration for the relevant local workspace.
The interface differs by client, but you use the same Patsnap connection URL and the same natural-language research prompt.
- Get a Patsnap Open Platform API key.
- Copy the connection URL or JSON config from the Connect panel on the Patent Landscape Analytics page.
- Add the server to your AI assistant or coding agent or another MCP-compatible client.
- Restart or reconnect the client, then confirm the landscape tools are available.
The connection stays active for the session, so you can run the initial comparison and every refinement that follows without reconnecting.
Run the jurisdiction comparison
Use the connected Patent Landscape Analytics server to compare patent activity by jurisdiction for "battery recycling lithium recovery." Group the results by patent authority and rank them by filing volume.Claude calls search_patents_statistics(query_text="battery recycling lithium recovery", field="AUTHORITY"), which retrieves filing counts for every patent authority with matching applications and returns them ranked by volume.
What the ranking tells you
| Patent authority | Filings |
|---|---|
| US | 3,807 |
| CN | 2,907 |
| EP | 2,239 |
| WO | 1,759 |
| CA | 865 |
| IN | 785 |
| AU | 765 |
The United States leads, followed by China, the European Patent Office, and the international PCT route (WO). Canada, India, and Australia trail at meaningfully lower volumes. This tells you where applicants have concentrated their filing activity for battery recycling and lithium recovery technologies.
Go further with follow-up questions
From this baseline, Ask your AI assistant or coding agent to show the filing trend over time for the top jurisdictions to see whether activity is growing or plateauing, or request the top applicants within a specific jurisdiction to see who’s most active in that market. You can also narrow the original query with an added technical term and compare the new ranking to this baseline — each follow-up uses the same landscape tools and the terms already established.
Frequently asked questions
What does it mean to compare patent activity by jurisdiction?
It means grouping filings for a technology query by the patent authority where each application was filed — such as the US, China, or the European Patent Office — to see where filing activity is concentrated.
Does a high filing count in one country mean the technology is patented there?
Not necessarily. A filing count reflects applications, which may be pending, granted, or lapsed. Checking legal status for specific patents is a separate step.
What’s the difference between an EP and a WO filing?
EP is a regional application examined by the European Patent Office, covering member states on grant. WO marks an international PCT application, which still needs to enter national phase in each country where protection is sought.
Can Claude do this comparison without an MCP connection?
No. An AI assistant or coding agent can help frame the query and interpret the ranking, but it has no live connection to filing data on its own — a tool like Patent Landscape Analytics supplies that connection through MCP.
Can I use this workflow in Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, or Codex?
Yes, provided the selected client and workspace support the required MCP connection. Connect the same Patsnap server, then use the natural-language steps shown in this guide; interface details may differ by client.
Compare patent activity by jurisdiction
Connect Patent Landscape Analytics and rank filing activity for any technology query.
