FACT: If you participate in Peer-To-Patent you could have a First Office Action on the Merits for that same application in only 23 months, and as little as 7 months if you opt for early publication.
That's potentially 3 years faster
and at no additional cost to you the inventor! What else might you
invent with 3 years saved? How much would your business benefit from
help finding the prior art to make your application the best it can be?
This pilot program runs only through June 2008 and is limited to 250 applications with special priority being given to inventors with fewer than 25 patents.
Join already-participating companies such as GE, HP, IBM, Microsoft and other small inventors in this historic initiative to open up the patent examination process for public submission of prior art and commentary.
Applicants interested in participating in the Peer-to-Patent pilot must first file a patent application with the USPTO. The patent application must be within Technology Center 2100 subject matter (covering computer architecture, software, and information security) in order to be eligible for the Peer-to-Patent pilot. Applicants must then submit a signed "Applicant's Consent to Third-Party Comments in Published Applications and Consent to Pilot Participation" form available on the USPTO website at:
Join already-participating companies such as GE, HP, IBM, Microsoft and other small inventors in this historic initiative to open up the patent examination process for public submission of prior art and commentary.
Applicants interested in participating in the Peer-to-Patent pilot must first file a patent application with the USPTO. The patent application must be within Technology Center 2100 subject matter (covering computer architecture, software, and information security) in order to be eligible for the Peer-to-Patent pilot. Applicants must then submit a signed "Applicant's Consent to Third-Party Comments in Published Applications and Consent to Pilot Participation" form available on the USPTO website at:
Mail the completed form and documents to:
Mail Stop Peer Pilot
Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
OR email a scanned and signed copy of the completed consent form to: PeerReviewPilot2007@xxxxxxxxx .
Questions? Email info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or visit Peer-to-Patent at http://www.peertopatent.org.
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