Returns the top authorities (priority countries) of origin for patents matching the criteria. Analyze main sources of priority filings. Either keywords or IPC classification must be specified.
AI agents call get_top_authorities_of_origin to retrieve information from PatSnap MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries PatSnap's API to retrieve and aggregate patent metadata (priority countries). It has no side effects: it does not create, modify, delete, or execute code. The parameters (keywords or IPC classification) are used only to filter the Read query. The output is analytical—aggregated statistics about patent origins—but the underlying operation is data retrieval only.
From the tool's definition Tool returns data on 'top authorities (priority countries) of origin' and 'analyze main sources' – operations that retrieve and analyze existing patent data without modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_top_authorities_of_origin gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and PatSnap MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_top_authorities_of_origin:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_top_authorities_of_origin": {}
}
} get_top_authorities_of_origin is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Returns the top authorities (priority countries) of origin for patents matching the criteria. Analyze main sources of priority filings. Either keywords or IPC classification must be specified. It is categorised as a Read tool in the PatSnap MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the PatSnap MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_top_authorities_of_origin: 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 PatSnap MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_top_authorities_of_origin 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 get_top_authorities_of_origin 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 get_top_authorities_of_origin. 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.
get_top_authorities_of_origin is provided by the PatSnap MCP Server MCP server (kunihiros/patsnap-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from PatSnap MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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