CrawlDex
Preflight detail

uspto.gov

legal_admin.trademark_search_and_file

degraded recipe://uspto.gov/legal_admin.trademark_search_and_file/public-preflight-v1
Hold / Collect evidence first

Do not trust this route yet

The current evidence set is too thin for a confident agent decision.

Next: Run a canary or submit a trusted outcome before allowing an agent to attempt this unsupervised.
81AES
81% outcome rate
Evidence and trust

low trust

32%
basisBased on 3 evidence samples from catalog reporters.3
sourceSources: public web observation.
nextTreat this as directional until trusted canaries or operator reports arrive.
Confidence low 31%
Evidence 3 public web observation
Freshness 0d fresh
Blockers 2 known friction
Recipe

Trademark Search (tmsearch.uspto.gov) for clearance and TSDR for status are public and no-login; filing moves through Trademark Center / TEAS which requires a verified USPTO.gov account with two-step auth.

active
recipe://uspto.gov/legal_admin.trademark_search_and_file/public-preflight-v1
  1. Open the documented public path for USPTO: Trademark Search (tmsearch.uspto.gov) for clearance and TSDR for status are public and no-login; filing moves through Trademark Center / TEAS which requires a verified USPTO.gov account with two-step auth. Public source or help surface is visible.
  2. Check the listed blockers and policy constraints before entering account, payment, booking, or cancellation state. login_required, 2fa_user_present, policy_parseable
  3. Stop before any irreversible or user-sensitive action and ask for explicit approval. User approval is captured before final action.
Human approval
Keep the user present for authentication. Do not request, store, or replay credentials or one-time codes.
Do not cross
  • Keep the user present for any login, identity verification, or payment step.
  • Identity verification is required to file; do not attempt to bypass it.
  • Provide informational workflow guidance only, not legal advice.
Success signals
  • Search results / live marks identified
  • TSDR status retrieved
  • Serial number issued after filing
Dimension scores

Why the route scores this way

reachability 69
navigability 81
task completability 81
transactability 81
recoverability 81
policy parseability 81
trust safety 81
efficiency 69
Issue flags

Known blockers

login_required2fa_user_present
Policy notes
public pathTrademark Search (tmsearch.uspto.gov) for clearance and TSDR for status are public and no-login; filing moves through Trademark Center / TEAS which requires a verified USPTO.gov account with two-step auth.
task familylookup
seo angleUSPTO Trademark Search and Filing: What Can an AI Agent Do Without Logging In?
confidence noteSearch and status surfaces are public and parseable; the application itself is behind verified-account login and 2FA.
launch setfirst 300 public preflight
Recommended actions

Remediation queue

  • mediumagent
    Keep the user present for any login, identity verification, or payment step. Keeps the agent inside documented, reversible, user-approved boundaries.
Agent handoff

Copy this into an agent runbook

legal_admin.trademark_search_and_file
Before attempting legal_admin.trademark_search_and_file on uspto.gov, check CrawlDex. Current verdict: Collect evidence first. Run a canary or submit a trusted outcome before allowing an agent to attempt this unsupervised.
curl -sS -X POST /api/v1/preflight \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"site":"uspto.gov","task":"legal_admin.trademark_search_and_file","agent_profile":{"stack":"browser-use","browser_runtime":"playwright"}}'
Preflight contract 
{
  "site": "uspto.gov",
  "task": "legal_admin.trademark_search_and_file",
  "agent_profile": {
    "stack": "browser-use",
    "browser_runtime": "playwright"
  }
}