The Peer-to-Patent system <http://www.peertopatent.org> is live!
Become a community reviewer and improve the quality of patents at www.peertopatent.org.
- Review and discuss patent applications submitted for open review.
- Research published resources relevant to the patent application's claims.
- Upload and explain prior art for the community.
- Annotate, evaluate, and rank each other's prior art.
- Create the "top ten" list of prior art references forwarded to the USPTO.
Anyone can participate as a reviewer <http://www.peertopatent.org/signup> , a patent application facilitator <http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent/docs/info/P2P_Facilitator_Guideline.pdf> , and by sharing information about the pilot with others.
Inventors <http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent/signup.html> can submit a qualified patent application for open review. Public participation is crucial to demonstrating the value of openness and making the case for greater USPTO accountability to the technical community.
For a summary of the applications posted by GE, HP, Intel, IBM and Red Hat for review click here http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent/applications.html.
Become a part of this historic pilot program. Help the USPTO find the information relevant to assessing the claims of pending patent applications today! Visit http://www.peertopatent.org.
Project organizers and Steering Committee members will present the project and answer questions at the Peer-to-Patent auditorium on New York Law School’s Democracy Island, Second Life, on Monday, June 18 at 12 p.m. PST/3 p.m. EST. Attendees can find the event by searching Second Life’s directory for Democracy Island, or by following this link: www.tiny.cc/rfqh3.
A free-access site launched last September (www.wikipatents.com) has made it possible for the general public to help strengthen the US patent system. It allows users (now over 30,000 strong) to review issued patents and pending patent applications and to make valuable comments concerning the validity and scope of the inventor's claims. Users can also add prior art references that the patent examiners at the USPTO may have overlooked. The goal is to clarify who owns what in the world of intellectual property, which will hopefully prevent the hoard of patent infringement lawsuits we are now seeing while still allowing inventors to advance science and technology for the good of mankind. The site can be accessed at www.wikipatents.com.
Posted by: WikiPatents | October 03, 2007 at 12:26 AM