Patent Peer Review Program

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Rajiv Sarathy

The USPTO on Tuesday announced a second "Peer to Patent Pilot" program for peer review of patent applications to begin on Monday, October 25.

Under the pilot program, inventors can opt to have their patent applications posted on the www.peertopatent.org website. Volunteer scientific and technical experts then discuss the applications and submit prior art they think might be relevant to determining if an invention is new and non-obvious, as the law requires. After the review period, the prior art is sent to the USPTO patent examiners for their consideration during examination.

The Peer To Patent pilot is a collaboration with the USPTO and New York Law School, and is funded by GE, HP, IBM, Article One Partners, Microsoft, Open Invention Network, and Red Hat.

 

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