How to Signup for Peer-to-Patent

Applicants interested in participating in the Peer-to-Patent pilot are required to submit a signed "Applicant's Consent to Third-Party Comments in Published Applications and Consent to Pilot Participation" form available on the USPTO website at: http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/peerpriorartpilot/consent.pdf.

Mail the completed form and documents to:

Mail Stop Peer Pilot
Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

OR email a scanned copy of the completed form and documents to: PeerReviewPilot2007@USPTO.GOV.

The USPTO will determine if the consent and associated application meet all of the Office requirements for this pilot. If so, the Office will notify the applicant and Peer-to-Patent coordinates of the approval of the application for the pilot. If the consent and application do not meet all requirements, the applicant will be notified of the decision not to include the application in the pilot.

Approved applications will be posted on the Peer-to-Patent website within about 7 to 10 business days of publication and will be online for a total of about 12 to 18 weeks. At the end of the public review period, Peer-to-Patent sends the top 10 submitted prior art and the annotations to the USPTO for consideration by the examiner. Special preference is given to inventors with fewer than 25 patents. Details about the requirements can be found in the OG Notice here.

In addition, we request that you email us to let us know of your interest at applicant@peertopatent.org.

Questions? Email info@peertopatent.org.