Partially
Can an AI agent search Patents on Patents?
Partially - as of Jun 17, 2026, AI agents can search Patents on Patents. 82% task outcome signal across 4 observations; main blocker: Dynamic Dom Unstable.
AES
82% outcome signal
What happens when an agent tries
Agent path for search Patents
CrawlDex currently marks this route as degraded. Agents should treat the route as a measured website task, verify the current page state, and stop before irreversible user actions unless the human has approved them.
Recipe signal: recipe://patents.google.com/legal_admin.search_patents/public-preflight-v1
What blocks agents
Observed friction
Evidence
Observation basis
Based on
4
observations
Confidence
low
Confidence reflects 1.16 effective weight, Wilson bounds 0.159307-0.991521, and Beta posterior mean 0.61934.
Freshness
fresh
Latest evidence is 0 days old.
Route key: patents.google.com / legal_admin.search_patents
For agent buildersPreflight before acting
curl -X POST https://crawldex.com/api/v1/preflight \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"site":"patents.google.com","task":"legal_admin.search_patents"}'Lattice links
Related CrawlDex paths
Negative or friction claim
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