clipped from seattletimes.nwsource.comWASHINGTON — The government is about to start opening up the process of reviewing patents to the modern font of wisdom: the Internet.
The Patent and Trademark Office is starting a pilot project that will not only post patent applications on the Web and invite comments but also use a rating system designed to push the most respected comments to the top of the file, for serious consideration by the agency's examiners.
A first for the federal government, the system resembles the one used by Wikipedia, the popular user-created online encyclopedia.
"For the first time in history, it allows the patent-office examiners to open up their cubicles and get access to a whole world of technical experts," said David Kappos, vice president and assistant general counsel at IBM.
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