Talk:Public participation in patent examination

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[edit] Beth Noveck

Pr Beth Noveck seems to be involved in such projects. The UKPO as well recently as recommended somehow by the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property. Adding something about this would be nice. [1]. --Edcolins 23:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] take out Wikipatents?

I may be a bit overly zealous, but I took out Wikipatents. After reviewing it, it doesn't appear to be used. Most of the forums have links to porn sites (not that there is anything wrong with that!) and even the "most active" entries have almost nothing in them. Nonetheless, feel free to overrule or show me the errors of my ways. --Nowa 19:16, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

I took out Peer to patent online link since that appears to be redundant to the Peer to patent link above it.

I added in the Cambia patent lens since they are proposing providing annotation to existing patents in the future (which puts them on a par with Peer to Patent) and because it appears to be a legitimate site right now for patent information. --Nowa 19:26, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

By the way, there is also IP Patent Debate, but it doesn't appear as if anyone is using it.--Nowa 19:35, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

I added Wikipatents back in after reading a short note in CNET on it. It is a genuine example of wiki patent commentary even if it appears to be somewhat abandoned and overgrown with weeds. It's also only been around since August of 06, so perhaps I was being a bit hasty in my earlier delete.--Nowa 02:14, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Third party observations in the US

Is there a fee to be paid for filing such observation in the US? That could be interesting to add. Thanks for this nice collaboration. --Edcolins 00:19, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Likewise, great collaboration. The US fee is $180.--Nowa 02:37, 14 January 2007 (UTC)