The Patent Office’s new reviewer: you
June 21st, 2007 by Benjamin KuoHere’s an interesting item I just ran across: the U.S. Patent and Trademark office has just launched a new program that allows anyone evaluate software patents. The new site, at www.peertopatent.org allow anyone to join and review and discuss patent applications, including suggesting prior art, annotation of applications, and interacting with the USPTO. More details on the idea behind the program (via the IEEE Spectrum).
