Information on Peer to Patent: Community Patent Review Pilot

Dear PIUG members,

I am writing to share inforation on Peer to Patent: Community Patent Review
pilot (featured in October 2007 PIUG newsletter), and request your
participation in improving the patent system.

On July 16th 2008, The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
announced the extension of the Peer to Patent: Community Patent Review Pilot
until June 2009, and expansion of subject matter to include review of
applications pending in Technology Center 3600 Class 705 (Data Processing:
Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination).
Peer to Patent is a pilot program by New York Law School Center for Patent
Innovations, in cooperation with the USPTO, launched June 15, 2007 with open
review of pending published applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer
Architecture, Software, and Information Security). In June 2008 the Peer to
Patent team released the First Anniversary Report demonstrating pilot
success in the first year: seventy-three percent of participating USPTO
examiners want Peer to Patent implemented as regular office practice, and
twenty-one percent of participating examiners stated prior art submission by
Peer to Patent community was inaccessible by the USPTO .

Peer to Patent is currently accepting applications pending in Technology
Center 2100 and Technology Center 3600 class 705 (see website for a complete
list of classes), and requesting all member of the scientific/technical
community to participate in improving the quality of issued patents. To
join, go to: www.peertopatent.org

Link to USPTO announcement:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/speeches/08-26.htm
Link to Peer to Patent First Anniversary Report and other pilot updates:
http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent/

for more information email: info_at_peertopatent.org

Kind regards,
Rahan Uddin
Project Manager, Peer to Patent
Center for Patent Innovations
New York Law School 40 Worth Street New York, NY 10013
rahan.uddin_at_communitypatent.org
www.dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent

Received on Wed Aug 06 2008 - 00:32:53