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Peer-to-patent Increases Prior Art Submissions

By Philip Brooks

Eklavya Gupte reporting on June 23, 2008, from London for Managing Intellectual Property writes, "[t]he USPTO's peer-to-patent project has led to a big increase in prior art submissions but has failed to bring in fresh patent applications in its first year, according to a report.  The pilot project began on June 15 last year and was designed to help US patent examiners to assess applications for software patents by encouraging the public to submit relevant prior art." Read the complete article h read more

Full post as published by Philip Brooks’ Patent Infringement Updates on June 25, 2008 (boomark / email).