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Uspto Database

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ovachiever·vlatest·database

Quickly retrieve US patent information, status updates, and legal history from the USPTO database using ovachiever's specialized tool.

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Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add ovachiever/droid-tings --skill uspto-database -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

ovachiever

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 4 hosts that are neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: account.uspto.gov, assignment-api.uspto.gov, search.patentsview.org, tsdrapi.uspto.gov.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    search.patentsview.orgundeclaredaccount.uspto.govundeclaredtsdrapi.uspto.govundeclaredassignment-api.uspto.govundeclared

    What it found (3 of 6)

    • skills/uspto-database/references/patentsearch_api.md:176contacts search.patentsview.org
      curl -X POST "https://search.patentsview.org/api/v1/patent" \
    • skills/uspto-database/scripts/patent_search.py:27contacts search.patentsview.org
      BASE_URL = "https://search.patentsview.org/api/v1"
    • skills/uspto-database/scripts/patent_search.py:10contacts account.uspto.gov
      - USPTO API key from https://account.uspto.gov/api-manager/

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned ovachiever/droid-tings at 7acd12a754.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
7acd12a754
Manifest
skills/uspto-database/SKILL.md
Scanned
8 files, 2,523 lines
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
What each check looks for →

About this skill

What it does

This skill allows you to query and retrieve data directly from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) database. It can be used to search for patents, trademarks, and related information based on various criteria such as application number, registration number, or keywords. The skill provides access to official USPTO records and simplifies the process of patent and trademark research.

When to use it

  • Patent Research: Quickly find details about a specific patent, including inventors, dates, and claims.
  • Trademark Search: Determine if a particular trademark is already registered or has similar applications.
  • Due Diligence: Verify the ownership and status of intellectual property assets during business transactions.
  • Competitive Analysis: Identify patents and trademarks filed by competitors in a specific industry.

Key capabilities

  • Patent search by application number
  • Trademark search by registration number
  • Keyword-based searching across USPTO records
  • Retrieval of official USPTO data

Example prompts

  • "Find the patent with application number 12/3456789."
  • "What is the status of trademark registration number 88888888?"
  • "Search for patents related to 'artificial intelligence' and 'image recognition'."

Tips & gotchas

The USPTO database contains a vast amount of information. Be as specific as possible in your prompts to narrow down results and improve accuracy.