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Presentation om Peer to Patent från Patentdagen 2008. Thanks to Susan Murray. Improve Patent Quality: Join the Peer-to-Patent Pilot! http://www.peertopatent.org/
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April 2008
US Peer to Patent Pilot
Patentdagen 2008Stockholm, Sweden
Mikael HaglundCountry Technical Executive, IBM Svenska [email protected]
2 April 2008
�The patent system meets open collaboration
�Bringing the power of many (the public) to help one (the patent examiner) via the Internet�Connecting the scientific community to patent examination
3 April 2008
4 April 2008
Third Party Submissions of Prior Art Today
� Rare because:►Lack of awareness of published patent applications►Lack of awareness of ability to submit prior art
� And also:►Cannot submit comments with prior art►Presumption of validity if patent issues anyway
� Opportunity presented by convergence of:►Publication of patent applications► Internet communications►Emergence of collaborative communities
5 April 2008
The Project
� Web-based system connecting public peers to patent examiners
� Project leadership:
Professor Beth Simone Noveck
Institute for Information Law & Policy
NY Law School
� Resources
►Company and foundation support
►Professional and student team
6 April 2008
7 April 2008
The Pilot
� Began June 15, 2007 with consent/waiver by participating patent applicants
� ~1 year period to submit new apps to pilot
� 250 published patent applications from USPTO Tech Center 2100 (software)
� 4 month comment period
� 10 best prior art references forwarded to patent examiner with commentary
� Examination advanced to top of examiner queue
8 April 2008
9 April 2008
Patent Applications in the Pilotas of April 2, 2008
The following entities have consented to public com ment via the pilot upon at least one of their patent applications:
� IBM � GE� Intel � HP � Sun Microsystems� Microsoft� Red Hat � Softwired AG � Yahoo� Intension, Inc.� Roland Pulfer� Blaise Mouttet� Jeffrey Dean Lindsay� Informed Control Inc.� International Characters
10 April 2008
Peer Participation as of April 2, 2008
� Page views – 237,484
� Visitors – 41,433
� Registered users – 1,989
� Prior art references submitted – 173
� Countries/territories - 133
� Comments posted – 397
11 April 2008
Final Thoughts and More Information
� Remember the purpose of a pilot!
� You are invited to participate► Pilot system site: http://peertopatent.org► Project web site: http://dotank.nyls.edu/community patent
� See Peer to Patent: Collective Intelligence, Open Review, and Patent Reform
Beth Simone NoveckHarvard Journal of Law & TechnologyVolume 20, Number 1Fall, 2006Pages 123-162
� See Open Collaboration is Medicine for Our Ailing Patent System
Manny W. SchecterBNA Patent, Trademark, & Copyright JournalVolume 72, Number 1790October, 20, 2006Pages 682-685
12 April 2008
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