Get list of documents in the application file wrapper.
AI agents call odp_get_documents to retrieve information from USPTO Patent MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and lists documents from a patent application file wrapper—a read-only query operation with no side effects. The verb 'Get list' explicitly indicates data retrieval rather than creation, modification, or deletion. Patent document listings are public USPTO data, and accessing them poses minimal security risk. Classified as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'odp_get_documents' with description 'Get list of documents in the application file wrapper' indicates retrieval of existing document listings with no modification capability.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access odp_get_documents gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and USPTO Patent MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for odp_get_documents:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"odp_get_documents": {}
}
}odp_get_documents is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get list of documents in the application file wrapper. It is categorised as a Read tool in the USPTO Patent MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the USPTO Patent MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for odp_get_documents: 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 USPTO Patent MCP Server. Nothing to install.
odp_get_documents 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 odp_get_documents 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 odp_get_documents. 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.
odp_get_documents is provided by the USPTO Patent MCP Server MCP server (riemannzeta/patent_mcp_server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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