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With President Obama’s open government initiative gaining exposure in mainstream media, an important question about feasibility of such a program has been posed in Saul Hansell’s piece in the New York Times Bits section, entitled “Can the Wonks Beat the...
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With the deadline for eligibility for applications to participate in Peer-to-Patent on June 15, the program has been hit with a deluge of last minute applications. Yesterday the program received 24 new applications from the USPTO. That number represents more...
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Today President Obama announced his nomination for Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, David Kappos. David presently serves as Vice President and Assistant General for Intellectual Property at IBM. In...
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At the close of business on Monday, June 15, 2009, the USPTO will no longer be accepting new consents from applicants to include their applications in Peer-to-Patent. Consents already filed covering applications published on or before June 15 will still...
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Peer-to-Patent was recently identified by the White House Open Government Initiative as one of the innovations in Open Government. Peer-to-Patent was included in the Innovations Gallery and is recognized for its contributions to the operations of the USPTO. The USPTO...
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Backlogged patents and bogged down legislation. Broad patents awarded to inventors who have no interest in making or using their innovation and costly litigation. These are all issues the patent world is facing today, for which reform may be the...
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Since its launch over 2 years ago, Peer-to-Patent has been called a lot of things, but business model is a new one. John Hagel and John Seely Brown in the article titled “Peer-to-Patent: A System for Increasing Transparency”, recognized Peer-to-Patent...
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BusinessWeek recently profiled Peer-to-Patent in "Peer-to-Patent: A System for Increasing Transparency". The article discusses the history of P2P, the project's potential for wider adoption at the USPTO, and possibilities for similar projects in all areas of government. The article closes with a list of lessons for business executives that can be taken from P2P, including harnessing the power of teams and not overdefining collaboration spaces. The entire article is available here.
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In the article “Innovative IBM has a Drive to Invent”, Jason Starr of the Essex Reporter discusses the method in which an IBM facility in Essex Junction provides a model of innovation and efficiency with a shift to openness. In...
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In an article titled "Has the US patent system gone too far?", James Turner of the Christian Science Monitor discusses strategic changes in the landscape of the technology industry, including the "kind of uneasy 'mutually assured destruction' standoff among giants...
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Since the Peer-to-Patent pilot launched, there have been 370,011 pageviews from 67,188 absolute unique visitors in 152 countries/territories. There are currently 2,501 registered users of the site and nearly 350 prior art uploads by volunteer experts since the project’s launch....
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An upcoming paper by members of the Center for Technology Assessment, University Park, PA, discusses how social networking can be used to help identify prior art. The paper discusses Peer-to-Patent, and other pilot projects and ideas for helping the USPTO...
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A recent article titled "Shiny, Shiny Patents" posted on minyanville.com features Mark Webbink, Director of the Center for Patent Innovations here at New York Law School, in a discussion on the current state of the patent industry. According to the...
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EETimes, February 2, 2009 - Pilot patent program shows promise. Article discusses success and potential of Peer-to-Patent in improving the patent system. "A pilot program in its second year shows promise for improving what many observers say is the poor...
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12.08 Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) publishes article about Peer to Patent - Using the Internet to Promote Progress in Science and Technology full article - http://www.todaysengineer.org/2008/Dec/peer2patent.asp
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