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| Title: | Driving Innovation Through Patent Application Review: The Power of Crowdsourcing Prior Art Search |
| Authors: | Ghafele, Roya
Gibert, Benjamin
DiGiammarino, Paul |
| Keywords: | Intellectual property
Patent application review
Prior art search
Crowdsourcing
Public-private partnerships |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Worldwide filing of patent applications and the ensuing invalidation
requests have seen staggering growth over the last decade. The result is
increasing patent backlog, deteriorating patent quality and an uncertain
economic environment. Patent application review is an integral part of the
examination procedures undertaken by patent offices before a patent grant is
given. Prior art search is a complex and time consuming part of this process.
Crowdsourcing this critical stage is a valuable opportunity to render the
patent application review process more efficient. This paper describes the
crowdsourcing phenomenon and details how it can aid patent review. The open source
review pilot projects of the USPTO and JPO are presented in order to assess the
potential of opening prior art search to the wider community of experts and
practitioners. Public-private partnerships between patent offices and companies
managing online review communities are proposed as a valuable opportunity to
leverage the benefits of open review while providing sufficient incentives and
quality assurances to yield useful contributions. |
| Page(s): | 303-308 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1076 (Online); 0971-7544 (Print) |
| Source: | JIPR Vol.16(4) [July 2011]
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