Get recently granted patents from USPTO API. Default: last 7 days of utility patents.
AI agents call get_recent_uspto_patents to retrieve information from Claude Patent Creator without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a data retrieval operation against the USPTO public API to fetch patent records within a time window. There are no side effects, data modifications, destructive actions, financial transactions, or code execution involved. The USPTO patent database is public information, and querying it poses minimal security risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool 'get_recent_uspto_patents' retrieves (Get) and queries recently granted patents from a public API with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_recent_uspto_patents gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Claude Patent Creator, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_recent_uspto_patents:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_recent_uspto_patents": {}
}
}get_recent_uspto_patents is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get recently granted patents from USPTO API. Default: last 7 days of utility patents. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Claude Patent Creator MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Claude Patent Creator MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_recent_uspto_patents: 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 Claude Patent Creator. Nothing to install.
get_recent_uspto_patents 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_recent_uspto_patents 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_recent_uspto_patents. 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_recent_uspto_patents is provided by the Claude Patent Creator MCP server (robthepcguy/claude-patent-creator). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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