diff --git a/internal/cbm/extract_defs.c b/internal/cbm/extract_defs.c
index 93da084be..eb32ec2a6 100644
--- a/internal/cbm/extract_defs.c
+++ b/internal/cbm/extract_defs.c
@@ -1591,7 +1591,11 @@ static bool try_drf_action_decorator(CBMArena *a, TSNode dchild, const char *sou
 }
 
 // Try to extract a route from a single decorator call node.
-// Returns true if a route method was found (even with fallback path "/").
+// Returns true if a route method was found. The fallback path "/" applies only
+// to a zero-argument call (`@app.route()`): a call that HAS arguments but none
+// path-shaped is not a route -- unittest.mock's `@patch("subprocess.run")`
+// shares its name with the HTTP verb and used to mint a PATCH "/" handler for
+// every mocked test function (distilled from PR #1245).
 static bool try_route_from_decorator_call(CBMArena *a, TSNode dchild, const char *source,
                                           const char **out_path, const char **out_method) {
     TSNode fn = ts_node_child_by_field_name(dchild, TS_FIELD("function"));
@@ -1616,6 +1620,9 @@ static bool try_route_from_decorator_call(CBMArena *a, TSNode dchild, const char
             *out_method = method;
             return true;
         }
+        if (ts_node_named_child_count(args) > 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
     }
     *out_path = "/";
     *out_method = method;
diff --git a/tests/test_extraction.c b/tests/test_extraction.c
index a61083755..8b10c6448 100644
--- a/tests/test_extraction.c
+++ b/tests/test_extraction.c
@@ -4001,6 +4001,77 @@ TEST(extract_java_method_annotations_issue382) {
     PASS();
 }
 
+/* Distilled from PR #1245 (Andrew Hundt): unittest.mock's `@patch("x")` is a
+ * bare decorator whose name collides with the HTTP verb, and its only argument
+ * is a dotted target, not a path. The "/" fallback then minted a Route handler
+ * PATCH "/" for every mocked test function. Rule: a decorator call WITH
+ * arguments but no path-shaped one is not a route. */
+TEST(extract_python_mock_patch_is_not_route) {
+    CBMFileResult *r = extract("from unittest.mock import patch\n\n"
+                               "@patch(\"subprocess.run\")\n"
+                               "def test_cmd(mock_run):\n"
+                               "    pass\n\n"
+                               "@app.patch(\"/items/{id}\")\n"
+                               "def update_item():\n"
+                               "    pass\n",
+                               CBM_LANG_PYTHON, "t", "test_routes.py");
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(r);
+    ASSERT_FALSE(r->has_error);
+
+    const CBMDefinition *mocked = find_def_by_name(r, "test_cmd");
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(mocked);
+    ASSERT_NULL(mocked->route_path);
+    ASSERT_NULL(mocked->route_method);
+
+    const CBMDefinition *route = find_def_by_name(r, "update_item");
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(route);
+    ASSERT_STR_EQ(route->route_path, "/items/{id}");
+    ASSERT_STR_EQ(route->route_method, "PATCH");
+
+    cbm_free_result(r);
+    PASS();
+}
+
+/* Companion to the mock-patch case: the narrowing must not cost real routes.
+ * A receiver-less framework decorator with a path-shaped argument (Litestar /
+ * BlackSheep `@get("/x")`) stays a route, `@mock.patch("x")` (receiver, but
+ * no path) is not one, and a zero-argument `@app.route()` keeps the "/"
+ * default main emits today. */
+TEST(extract_python_bare_decorator_route_rules) {
+    CBMFileResult *r = extract("from litestar import get\n"
+                               "from unittest import mock\n\n"
+                               "@get(\"/health\")\n"
+                               "def health():\n"
+                               "    pass\n\n"
+                               "@mock.patch(\"os.getcwd\")\n"
+                               "def test_cwd(mock_cwd):\n"
+                               "    pass\n\n"
+                               "@app.route()\n"
+                               "def index():\n"
+                               "    pass\n",
+                               CBM_LANG_PYTHON, "t", "routes.py");
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(r);
+    ASSERT_FALSE(r->has_error);
+
+    const CBMDefinition *health = find_def_by_name(r, "health");
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(health);
+    ASSERT_STR_EQ(health->route_path, "/health");
+    ASSERT_STR_EQ(health->route_method, "GET");
+
+    const CBMDefinition *mocked = find_def_by_name(r, "test_cwd");
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(mocked);
+    ASSERT_NULL(mocked->route_path);
+    ASSERT_NULL(mocked->route_method);
+
+    const CBMDefinition *index = find_def_by_name(r, "index");
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(index);
+    ASSERT_STR_EQ(index->route_path, "/");
+    ASSERT_STR_EQ(index->route_method, "ANY");
+
+    cbm_free_result(r);
+    PASS();
+}
+
 /* ── ArkTS (HarmonyOS .ets) ─────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 TEST(arkts_component_struct) {
@@ -7926,6 +7997,8 @@ SUITE(extraction) {
     RUN_TEST(js_index_module_qn_not_collide_with_folder);
     RUN_TEST(python_regular_module_qn_unchanged);
     RUN_TEST(extract_java_method_annotations_issue382);
+    RUN_TEST(extract_python_mock_patch_is_not_route);
+    RUN_TEST(extract_python_bare_decorator_route_rules);
     RUN_TEST(arkts_component_struct);
     RUN_TEST(arkts_exported_struct_decorators);
     RUN_TEST(arkts_member_decorators);