# PatentPulse Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) Analysis

> PatentPulse Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) Analysis is a paid API for AI agents from patentpulse-self.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.2/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns global IP clearance intelligence and infringement-risk assessment for a given product or technology

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://patentpulse-self.vercel.app/api/patent/fto
- Price: $0.2/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/patentpulse-freedom-to-operate-fto-analysis-6409c9f7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_JBPjFMcSQNpdHKRxqBPcu

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability patentpulse-freedom-to-operate-fto-analysis-6409c9f7
```

Example prompt: Can you run a freedom-to-operate analysis on our new wireless charging module that uses resonant inductive coupling at 6.78 MHz — I need to know the global patent infringement risk and whether we have clearance to launch in the US and EU?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an agent or user needs a fast, automated freedom-to-operate clearance check before commercializing a product or technology — especially when coverage across multiple jurisdictions (USPTO, EPO, WIPO) is needed simultaneously. Prefer over a raw patent search when the goal is infringement-risk assessment and launch clearance rather than prior art discovery or patentability analysis.

## Known failure modes

- Vague or ambiguous product description yields low-confidence or inconclusive FTO result
- Highly active or crowded technology areas may return large blocking patent sets requiring attorney review
- Jurisdiction not covered returns partial or null result for that region
- Overly broad technology scope may produce false positives or miss relevant prior art
- Network or upstream patent database outage results in 503 or empty response

## How this service works

Freedom-to-operate (FTO) analysis / patent infringement-risk / IP clearance for a product or technology. Surfaces potentially blocking USPTO patents plus EPO/WIPO/Asia global filings and an infringement-risk read across target jurisdictions (country param). For IP and patent-attorney agents. Worldwide.

## Output

Returns a global IP clearance report including an infringement-risk read, a list of potentially blocking patents with claim mapping, jurisdiction-specific risk assessments, and an overall FTO clearance recommendation for the described product or technology.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "technology"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "lang"
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Target jurisdiction (e.g. US, EU, China, Japan, global)"
      },
      "technology": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Technology or product description for FTO analysis"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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