Search USPTO Open Data Portal API (live database). Requires USPTO_API_KEY environment variable. Supports year range and application type filters.
AI agents call search_uspto_api 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 retrieves patent information from a public database (USPTO Open Data Portal) using structured query parameters (year range, application type). It performs no data modification, deletion, code execution, or financial operations. The read-only nature is confirmed by the search/filter functionality, which are classic Read operations.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Search[es] USPTO Open Data Portal API (live database)' with support for 'year range and application type filters'.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access search_uspto_api 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 search_uspto_api:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"search_uspto_api": {}
}
}search_uspto_api is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Search USPTO Open Data Portal API (live database). Requires USPTO_API_KEY environment variable. Supports year range and application type filters. 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 search_uspto_api: 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.
search_uspto_api 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 search_uspto_api 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 search_uspto_api. 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.
search_uspto_api 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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