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com.dropwatchhq/patent-gap

by dropwatchhq.com · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by com.dropwatchhq

Off-patent opportunity feed: expiring design patents, recall + supplier screened, for sellers.

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4 tools: 3 change things and 1 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http patent-gap https://patentgap.dropwatchhq.com/mcp

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

4 tools

Changes things 3Claude Code: ask
  • category_opportunity_reportPAID (x402, $0.03 USDC on Base).No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    PAID (x402, $0.03 USDC on Base). Full off-patent opportunity report for a category slug (see list_categories): every newly-expirable design patent with computed expiry, CPSC recall-safety band, and OFAC/OIG supplier screen, ranked by actionability. Free callers get a preview + x402 challenge.
  • newly_expirableCross-category feed of design patents that just became (or are about to become) free to make — i.e.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Cross-category feed of design patents that just became (or are about to become) free to make — i.e. fresh off-patent private-label opportunities, soonest-expiry first, already recall- and supplier-screened.
  • screen_patentScreen ONE US patent by publication number (e.g.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Screen ONE US patent by publication number (e.g. USD689332S1): compute its statutory expiry/status, join CPSC recall-safety for its category, and run an OFAC/OIG screen on the assignee. Returns the freedom-to-operate read (design-patent scope; not legal advice).
Only reads 1Claude Code: allow
  • list_categoriesList the private-label product categories Patent-Gap tracks for expiring design patents.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "list_categories" says "list": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    List the private-label product categories Patent-Gap tracks for expiring design patents.

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 1.0.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http patent-gap https://patentgap.dropwatchhq.com/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__patent-gap__list_categories"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__patent-gap__newly_expirable",
      "mcp__patent-gap__screen_patent",
      "mcp__patent-gap__category_opportunity_report"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as patent-gap. Review it before you use it.