uspto-database SKILL.md skillA
uspto-database from jaechang-hits/sciagent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jaechang-hits/sciagent-skills/uspto-database@git:20260428.81ea2d2Pins git:20260428.81ea2d2 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jaechang-hits/sciagent-skills
- Path
skills/scientific-computing/uspto-database/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260428.81ea2d2, committed Apr 28, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 18, 2026
- Size
- 18,439 bytes
- Repository stars
- 381
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Access USPTO patent data via PatentsView REST API and Google Patents Public Data (BigQuery). Search by inventor, assignee, CPC, or keywords; download metadata and claims; analyze portfolios; track tech trends. For IP landscape analysis, competitor monitoring, prior art search, and tech forecasting in life sciences and biotech.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# uspto-database ## Overview The USPTO provides two primary programmatic access points for patent data: the **PatentsView API** (REST, free, no key required for basic use) for structured queries by inventor, assignee, CPC classification, and keywords; and **Google Patents Public Data** (BigQuery public dataset) for large-scale analytics across the full patent corpus. Both expose data under the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. This skill covers Python-based access patterns for both, plus basic patent portfolio analytics. ## When to Use - **Prior art search**: Finding existing patents relevant to a technology before filing or to assess freedom-to-operate. - **Competitor IP landscape analysis**: Querying all patents from a specific assignee (company or institution) to map their technology portfolio. - **CPC classification search**: Finding patents in a specific technology area using Cooperative Patent Classification codes (e.g., C12N for nucleotides/genetic engineering). - **Inventor network analysis**: Identifying prolific inventors in a field and their institutional affiliations. …
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How to install
mdr add jaechang-hits/sciagent-skills/uspto-database@sha256:9fcd8d9e4b2657fdThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260428.81ea2d2, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_jh66u5t72djluvzl)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Feb 18, 2026 and Apr 28, 2026, about one every 69 days.
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| git:20260428.81ea2d2 latest | 2026-04-28 | 81ea2d2 | 18,439 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260218.8df1694 | 2026-02-18 | 8df1694 | 18,552 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
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Source
jaechang-hits/sciagent-skills · 381 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-16 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jh66u5t72djluvzl GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jaechang-hits/sciagent-skills/uspto-database GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9fcd8d9e4b2657fd5caf7d08246f8ae7850d5eb1554f4f2de26202e913be5d4b
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