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  1. Re:statutory invention registration by itamblyn · · Score: 1 · on How Do I Put an Invention Into the Public Domain?

    PublicPatent.org

    If you register it here (free), the idea will ALSO be easily accessible to other people. I am the creator of this site, and I think that the author, like me, wants his ideas to be usable by the general public. Basically we are talking about the equivalent of linux for inventions.

  2. Re:A broader issue! by itamblyn · · Score: 1 · on How Do I Put an Invention Into the Public Domain?

    I actually created a site for this specific purpose about a year ago.

    PublicPatent.org

    It's a free service that inventors can use to "publish" their work so that it is in the public domain. When something is prior art, it cannot be patented.

    The database is backed up on a regular basis, and the contents are burned to a CD that I post to myself so that dates can be verified if they ever need to be. It is a wiki style setup, where only the user who created a page can edit it. Images can be included in a page.

    The site is searchable, and if it takes off (there hasn't been much interest so far), the plan would be to write a letter to the US Patent Office (and Canadian, where I'm from) explaining that this database should be included in searches when new patents are checked.

    I have no intention of ever charging for this service, though eventually I may have to put some ads on the side to pay for hosting if it gets too expensive. A donation system may also be enough.

    If there are others that are interested in this, helping with the site, or contributing patents, please get in touch. This is an idea that I came up with trying to avoid studying for my PhD prelim - it would be nice if something came of it.

  3. Re:Research disclosure by itamblyn · · Score: 1 · on How Do I Put an Invention Into the Public Domain?

    PublicPatent.org

    Same idea, but free and "open source".

  4. PublicPatent.org - free and "open source" by itamblyn · · Score: 2, Interesting · on How Do I Put an Invention Into the Public Domain?

    I actually created a site for this specific purpose about a year ago.

    PublicPatent.org

    It's a free service that inventors can use to "publish" their work so that it is in the public domain. When something is prior art, it cannot be patented.

    The database is backed up on a regular basis, and the contents are burned to a CD that I post to myself so that dates can be verified if they ever need to be. It is a wiki style setup, where only the user who created a page can edit it. Images can be included in a page.

    The site is searchable, and if it takes off (there hasn't been much interest so far), the plan would be to write a letter to the US Patent Office (and Canadian, where I'm from) explaining that this database should be included in searches when new patents are checked.

    I have no intention of ever charging for this service, though eventually I may have to put some ads on the side to pay for hosting if it gets too expensive. A donation system may also be enough.

    If there are others that are interested in this, helping with the site, or contributing patents, please get in touch. This is an idea that I came up with trying to avoid studying for my PhD prelim - it would be nice if something came of it.

  5. there is an alternative... by itamblyn · · Score: 1 · on Patent Attorney On Why We Need To Rethink Intellectual Property

    http://www.publicpatent.org/

  6. Free, open alternative for defensive publication by itamblyn · · Score: 1 · on Open Source Patent Donations?

    http://www.publicpatent.org/ [publicpatent.org] Users create pages that only they can edit. The time and date of all changes are monitored. Backups are made to DVD which are date authenticated for future court challenges. Oh, and it's free. :)

  7. Here is the solution by itamblyn · · Score: 1 · on Open Source Patent Donations?

    http://www.publicpatent.org/ Users create pages that only they can edit. The time and date of all changes are monitored. Backups are made to DVD which are date authenticated for future court challenges. Oh, and it's free. :)