research_office_action
Research the Office Action for a trademark — returns structured refusal categories, latest OA/response context, cited marks, and third-party registrations that support coexistence arguments. For authenticated users this launches asynchronously (typically 1-2 minutes) and returns a processing hand...
This record as markdown: /tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/research-office-action.md
What research_office_action does on GleanMark Trademark Search
AI agents call research_office_action to retrieve information from GleanMark Trademark Search without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
serial_number | string | Yes | USPTO serial number of the trademark with the Office Action |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why research_office_action is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves information about Office Actions and trademark prosecution history. It performs data retrieval and analysis only, with no capability to modify, delete, execute external code, or create financial transactions. The asynchronous processing and status-checking are implementation details of a read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'returns structured refusal categories, latest OA/response context, cited marks, and third-party registrations' — these are read/retrieval operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs research_office_action safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and GleanMark Trademark Search, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For research_office_action, this is the rule to start with:
research_office_action is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect GleanMark Trademark Search, apply this rule, and every research_office_action call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about research_office_action
Research the Office Action for a trademark — returns structured refusal categories, latest OA/response context, cited marks, and third-party registrations that support coexistence arguments. For authenticated users this launches asynchronously (typically 1-2 minutes) and returns a processing handle — then call get_office_action_research_status to fetch the completed result. Tell the user it is running. Use this before draft_oa_response for preliminary research. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GleanMark Trademark Search MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
research_office_action accepts 1 parameter: serial_number. Required: serial_number. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the GleanMark Trademark Search MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for research_office_action: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches GleanMark Trademark Search. Nothing to install.
research_office_action is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the research_office_action rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for research_office_action. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
research_office_action is provided by the GleanMark Trademark Search MCP server (https://gleanmark.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
More on GleanMark Trademark Search, and thousands of servers like it.
This server
Across the catalogue