Japan Patent Office Launches Community Patent Review

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Japan Patent Office Launches Community Patent Review Peer-to-Patent Spurs International Peer Review On July 16, the Japan Patent Office launched its version of Peer-to-Patent, entitled Community Patent Review.  The program was inspired by the success of Peer-to-Patent in the US, the patent reform initiative launched by New York Law School in cooperation with the US Patent and Trademark Office.  Like Peer-to-Patent, the Japanese program allows members of the public to comment on and submit prior art against published patent applications. Though the program is a joint venture between the Institute of Intellectual Property in Japan and the JPO, Peer-to-Patent leadership provided the organizations with information and guidance, as well as many of the lessons learned from the first year of Peer-to-Patent.  In the 2 weeks since the launch of Community Patent Review, 12 applicants have entered 38 applications in the program.  Currently on the site there are 13 applications for which 150 reviewers have signed up to review.  These reviewers have already submitted 10 prior art references for use by the JPO. Many of the applicants who are taking part in the program are major Japanese electronics companies who are also among the top filers of patent applications in the US, such as IBM Japan, Fujitsu, and Ricoh.    To read the JPO announcement of Community Patent Review visit: http://tinyurl.com/633kga Your participation is being recognized as vital to the future of the patenting process, both domestically and abroad!  There are a number of applications available on Peer-to-Patent that still need your expertise!   Processing queries on hierarchical markup data using shared hierarchical markup trees (from IBM, available until August 7, 2008) Methods and systems for prompting users of computing devices (from Daryl Coutts, available until August 14, 2008) Enhanced server to client session inspection (from Cisco Systems, available until August 14, 2008) Non-volatile storage (from HP, available until August 14, 2008) System and method of expediting certain jobs in a computer processing system (from HP, available until August 14, 2008) Displaying group icons representing respective groups of nodes (from HP, available until August 14, 2008) Fast write operations to a mirrored volume in a volume manager (from Cisco Technology, available until August 21, 2008) Modified buddy system memory allocation (from HP, available until August 21, 2008) Managing snapshots in storage systems (from HP, available until August 21, 2008) Declarative association of dialog fields (from HP, available until August 21, 2008) Rendering and correcting data (from HP, available until August 21, 2008) Matching a slideshow to an audio track (from HP, available until August 21, 2008) Version control for application message models (from IBM, available until September 4, 2008) System and method for client initiated authentication in a session initiation protocol environment (from Cisco Systems, available until September 11, 2008) Methods and systems for creation of hanging protocols using graffiti-enabled devices (from GE, available until September 11, 2008) Disambiguation in dynamic binary translation (from Intel, available until September 25, 2008) Systems and methods for information presentation (from Daryl Coutts, available until September 25, 2008) Internet memory access (from Intel, available until October 23, 2008) Booting utilizing electronic mail (from Intel, available until October 23, 2008) To read summaries for all of these applications, please visit http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent/applications.html

USPTO Extends and Expands Peer-to-Patent On July 16, the USPTO announced that it will extend Peer-to-Patent to run until June 15, 2009.  The program is being expanded to now include patent applications for E-Commerce and Business Methods (Class 705).  Patent applications in the following classes are eligible for participation in Peer-to-Patent:  380, 700, 703, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 717, 718, 719, and 726. For more details, visit the official USPTO Peer-to-Patent site at: www.uspto.gov/web/patents/peerpriorartpilot. New York Law School Announces Center for Patent Innovations Due to the success of Peer-to-Patent, NYLS has launched the Center for Patent Innovations, a group that will focus on developing community-building technology to improve the patent system. CPI will incorporate Peer-to-Patent and is headed by Former Red Hat Senior VP and General Counsel Mark Webbink.   Peer-to-Patent First Anniversary Report The First Anniversary Report, detailing the success of the project in its first year, can be downloaded at: http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent

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