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USPTO Peer Review Process To Begin Soon

Posted by Zonk on from the it's-like-every-einstein's-dream-come-true dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As we've discussed several times before on Slashdot, the US patent office is looking to employ a Wiki-like process for reviewing patents. It's nowhere near as open as Wikipedia, but there are still numerous comparisons drawn to the well-known project in this Washington Post story. Patent office officials site the huge workload their case officers must deal with in order to handle the modern cycle of product development. Last year some 332,000 applications were handled by only 4,000 employees. 'The tremendous workload has often left examiners with little time to conduct thorough reviews, according to sympathetic critics. Under the pilot project, some companies submitting patent applications will agree to have them reviewed via the Internet. The list of volunteers already contains some of the most prominent names in computing, including Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Oracle, as well as IBM, though other applicants are welcome.'"

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  1. Re:while they are at it... by VGPowerlord · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At least being has all the right letters... just not in the right order.

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    GLaDOS for President 2016! "Well here we are again. It's always such a pleasure." -- GLaDOS, 2011
  2. To "being" soon...? by ryl000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Huh?

  3. NEWS new hire at USPTO by spicydragonz · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Yoda, "Work for USPTO I do."

  4. To Being! by Random+BedHead+Ed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To Being! Finally, to Being!

  5. USPTO Peer Review Process To Being Soon by Minwee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Could somebody please point to the verb in that title?

    I'm trying to make sense out of it but I can't.

  6. Re:Oh... by cbiltcliffe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, the headline was written by Mujibar....

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    "City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......
  7. Re:Thats not the same thing by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The people lying and starving in the street do serve a very useful purpose.

    If we are protected from the consequences of stupid decisions (such as giving a young girl who gets pregnant her own apartment and a monthly check- and freedom from her family) then people will engage in that stupid decision until the system breaks (hence welfare reform under a democratic president in the late 90's).

    It sucks that deer will eat until there is no food and then starve to death. But if you put out food for them, it doesn't solve the problem.

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    She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.