# Patent Alerts — USPTO New-Grant Signals for Agents

Patent-Alerts is an MCP endpoint that tracks newly granted and newly published U.S. patents (USPTO). Get structured feeds of new grants, assignee and tech-class filters, and daily alerts — built for agents and research pipelines.

MCP endpoint: https://patent-alerts.xyz/mcp

Tools:
- search_patent — lookup patent documents by number/assignee/class
- new_grants(since) — latest granted patents as a signal feed
- new_publications(since) — new published applications
- monitor_class(uspc, watch) — track a tech class for new activity

Learn:
- What is a USPTO patent alert and why researchers use them -> https://patent-alerts.xyz/what-is-uspto-patent-alert
- How to automate patent monitoring in 2026 -> https://patent-alerts.xyz/how-automate-patent-monitoring-2026