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Patent Office 2.0?: The Patent Office is taking steps to turn itself into a Web 2.0 web service, allowing the public to comment on software patent applications in an effort to improve and speed up the review process, The Washingotn Post reports. The Patent and Trademark Office is starting a pilot project...; Tags: Government technology, Patents; Blog posts 2007-03-05
Can social networking save the Patent Office?: Here's Technology Review on a fascinating proposal. The US Patent Office is working with several Silicon Valley companies to seek out groundbreaking new ways to deal with the problem of backlog and prior art. The United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO is in a pretty...; Tags: Beth Noveck, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, examiner; Blog posts 2006-01-18

Peer-to-Patent site relies on public for prior art: Peer-to-Patent site relies on public for prior art"Prof" Noveck seeks to LEGALIZE SPYING!I'm hoping "Professor" Noveck is willing to "altruistically" post her Social Security number, list all her bank accounts – WITH PASSWORDS – and the combination of her safe if she has one plus the times that she...; Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Peer-to-Patent site, Noveck, Peer-to-Patent, Internet; Discussion threads 2007-06-13
Peer-to-Patent site relies on public for prior art: Taking the patents to the people could be the new motto for the US Patent and Trademark Office. Beta News reports that the patent office will launch a new website to allow citizens to evaluate the validity of patent applications.The idea behind the change is to have the Peer-to-Patent website...; Tags: Patents; Blog posts 2007-06-12
Web 2.0 meets the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: As I reported last week from my interview with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Jon Dudas, the patent process is about to taste Web 2.0. The Washington Post reports that a pilot social software project that allows for third-party comments and voting, adding a community, peer review dimension to...; Tags: Government, Legal, General; Blog posts 2007-03-05

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