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Peer To PatentPilot 2 Results
Beth Noveck Former Deputy Chief Technology
Officer for Open GovernmentProfessor
What began with a Modest Proposal
With the help from our sponsors
Pilot 1 Sponsors Pilot 2 Sponsors
Launched a way for the public to collaborate and communicate with the USPTO
Peer To Patent Process Map
Peer To Patent Reviewing Process
•Public participation improves the patent examination process.
•Citizen experts will participate and produce relevant information.
•Public participation improves patent quality.
Initial hypotheses were supported by the Pilot 1
results(June 15, 2007- June 15,
2009)
an open network will autonomously expand.
Based on this success, the USPTO elected to conduct a second Peer To Patent pilot and
prove that
Pilot 2 launched Oct. 1, 2010 ending Sept. 30, 2011The last of the applications finished review Dec. 31, 2011
The USPTO added new challenges to Pilot 2 to test the program’s scope.
• Increase in the number of applications allowed by USPTO
• Pilot 1: Max 400
• Pilot 2: Max 1000
New Pilot. New Challenges.
New technology classifications became eligible for participation:
• Pilot One June 2007- April 2008: Computer Architecture, Software and Information Security
• Pilot One July 2008- July 2009: Business Methods and E-Commerce
• Pilot Two: Biotechnology, Biopharmaceuticals, Telecommunications, Speech Recognition
New Pilot. New Challenges.
Increase student involvement
•USPTO challenged Peer To Patent to involve students from around the country
New Pilot. New Challenges.
New Constraints:
• Decreased review time from 4 months to 3 months
• Reduced number of reviewer submissions from 10 to 6.
New Pilot. New Challenges.
• New Website design to allow for smoother integration for international projects.
New Pilot. New Challenges
Amount of Participating applications
Pilot 1
226
Pilot 2
308
Technology Classifications
June 2007- April 2008
July 2008-July 2009
Sept 2010- Oct 2011
Computer Architecture, Software and Information
Security
Business Methods and E-
Commerce
Biotechnology,Biopharmaceutic
als,Telecommunicat
ion, Speech Recognition
Applications from 19 different classesApplications from 29
different classes
Technology Classifications of
Participating Applications
Pilot 2 Participating Applicants
Unique Applicants- 156
Top Participating Applicants
Pilot 1 Participating Applicants Comparison
Unique Applicants- 100
Top Applicants
Pilot 2 Reviewing Community
•Total Registered Reviewers- 1509
•Total Active Reviewers- 603
•Total Continuing Reviewers- 211
•Total Student Reviewers- 142
•Active Reviewers designated by actual participation on www.peertopatent.org
•Continuing reviewers participated in both Pilot 1 and Pilot 2
Citizen Experts
Citizen-Experts Pilot 1 Comparison
Pilot 2 Traffic
Unique Visitors 29,393
Total Visits 47,763
Page Views 217,402
Pages/Visit 4.55
Avg. Visit Duration 4:28
Pilot 2 Top Visiting Countries
US 30462UK 3066
India 1778Canada 1314Germa
ny1038
Pilot 2 Visitor Traffic
Pilot 2 Traffic Sources
Top Search Traffic Sources
reddit.com 3880 peertopatent.org 513
patentlyo.com 1112 USPTO 365
en.wikipedia.org 11008 ipo.gov.uk 353
P2P tumblr 850Article One
Partners275
facebook 530
Pilot 2 Referral Traffic
Top Referral Sources
Peak denotes traffic from reddit.com post Nov 9, 2010
Pilot 2 2010-2011
Pilot 1 2007-2009
Reviewer Activity
Student ReviewersOver 40 universities
represented
Registered Reviewers
1509
Discussion Comments
616
Annotations 179
Research 252
2800
747
107
68
2010-2011 2007-2009
Reviewer Activity
Student Reviewer Activity
Pilot 2 Reviewer Activity
Pilot 1 Reviewer Activity Comparison
Examiner Office Actions
Peer To Patent Prior Art used in an Office Action
Rejection Basis
*Examiner Comment- used to establish “person having skill in the art” but not as a 103 basis
Pilot 2 Prior Artist Awards
Awarded to reviewers whose prior art was used in an examiner office action
Pilot 1 Prior Artists Comparison
We thank you for your participation!
