US Patent Office to Try Peer-Review Process
- By: kidmercury [privmsg - website] On 9th May 2006 In
The United States Patent Office is testing out a pilot program that would make patent issuances a peer-reviewed process. From BoingBoing:
Peer to Patent aims to address this by encouraging the public to review patents, to determine whether they are valid based on the at-large expert knowledge about what has already been invented and what is a new, useful, nonobvious invention. IBM has agreed to have its patents vetted by the public as a guinea pig in the project.
Will this serve as a successful answer to the critics of the US Patent Office?
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Its a start
for a badly broken system. At the very least there should be peer review for the examing attorney.
Are you kidding? If I saw
Are you kidding? If I saw my competitor with patent I didn't want him to have, I'd throw a fit so he couldn't do it. It seems it oculd be abused.
In fact, it wouldn't matter if I cared about the patent at or not. If I had enough money, I could just make their life hell just to do it.
Good idea.
our Patent system is a joke right now and bringing peer review (like they have in the medical field) is a step in the right direction.
Expert
So who are so called expert? With enough money, you sure could get someone, I guess. Do common people have a chance?
The public
isnt qualified; the peer review should be other examing attorneys. I have a few trademarks on the primary registry that wouldnt be there if I had to convince two USPTO attorneys instead of just one. Patents are an even bigger sham.