com.dropwatchhq/patent-gap
Off-patent opportunity feed: expiring design patents, recall + supplier screened, for sellers.The vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.
- Warning: The server only speaks the first MCP version (2024-11-05).
- Warning: 4 of 4 tools do not say whether they can change things.
Nothing failed, but there is something to know or fix. Public audit: we connect as an AI client would, list the tools and check what they say. We do not run them. How we audit
- Does it work?
- YesConnected in 225 ms.
- Sign-up?
- None neededIt answered without any account or key.
- Can it change things?
- Doesn't sayIts tools do not say whether they only read, so treat them as able to change things.
https://patentgap.dropwatchhq.com/mcpWebsite Streamable HTTP · protocol 2024-11-05 · server version 1.0.0
What we checked
Security
Passed: Connections are encrypted (HTTPS).
Passed: No hidden instructions found in tool text.
Safety labels
Warning: 4 of 4 tools do not say whether they can change things.
MCP lets a server label each tool as read-only or destructive, so clients can ask the user before risky calls. Unlabelled tools are treated as able to change things.
- list_categories
- newly_expirable
- screen_patent
- category_opportunity_report
Tools
Passed: 4 tools listed.
Passed: Every tool describes its inputs with a valid schema.
Protocol
Warning: The server only speaks the first MCP version (2024-11-05).
Newer versions (latest 2025-11-25) add tool safety labels, structured output and a safer authorization model.
Passed: The MCP handshake works (Streamable HTTP).
Passed: Unknown requests are refused.
Connection
Passed: The server responds.
Tools (4)
As the server describes them. The labels are the server's own: it says whether each tool only reads or can change things.
- list_categoriesList the private-label product categories Patent-Gap tracks for expiring design patents.Doesn't say
- newly_expirableCross-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-sc…Doesn't say
- screen_patentScreen 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 f…Doesn't say
- category_opportunity_reportPAID (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 O…Doesn't say
Audit history
- Nov 13Warnings
What we sent
Every request in this audit, with the answer and how long it took. We never send credentials and never call a tool.
| Request | Answer | Time |
|---|---|---|
| initialize | HTTP 200 | 225 ms |
| initialized | HTTP 200 | 45 ms |
| tools/list | HTTP 200 | 93 ms |
| unknown-method | HTTP 200 | 41 ms |
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