Welcome to Peer to Patent
Peer-to-Patent opens the patent examination process to public participation for the first time.
Become part of this historic pilot program. Help the USPTO find the information relevant to assessing the claims of pending patent applications. Become a community reviewer and improve the quality of patents.
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New York, NY — For the first time in patent history, the general public has successfully used the Internet to help improve the quality of patent applications. The Peer-to-Patent project announced that expert, volunteer reviewers from the general public have...
BNA published an article today in which it noted the early positive results seen in conjunction with Peer-to-Patent. Prior art and commentary submitted by members of public under the nine-month old Peer-to-Patent examination project have already weeded out five patent...
Since the Peer-to-Patent launch on June 15, there have been 245,084 page views from 42,254 unique viewers in 134 different countries/territoriesDownload world_view.pdf Download us_view.pdf 2,017 people have signed up to be reviewers and have cited 175 instances of prior art...
Since the Peer-to-Patent launch on June 15, there have been 234,669 page views from 41,040 unique viewers in 133 different countries/territories Download World_View.pdf Download us_view.pdf 1,977 people have signed up to be reviewers and have cited 173 instances of prior...
Since the Peer-to-Patent launch on June 15, there have been 231,415 page views from 40,473 unique viewers in 132 different countries/territories Download World_View.pdf 1,953 people have signed up to be reviewers and have cited 173 instances of prior art on...
Since the Peer-to-Patent launch on June 15, there have been 231,415 page views from 40,473 unique viewers in 132 different countries/territories Download World_View.pdf 1,953 people have signed up to be reviewers and have cited 173 instances of prior art on...
Since the Peer-to-Patent launch on June 15, there have been 226,354 page views from 39,635 unique viewers in 132 different countries/territories Download world_view.pdf Download us_view.pdf 1,932 people have signed up to be reviewers and have cited 170 instances of prior...
As of today, the USPTO has examined 10 applications from Peer-to-Patent. The assignees for these patent applications are as follows: 3 applications from IBM 2 applications from Intel 1 application from HP 1 application from Red Hat 1 application from...
Peer-to-Patent is hosting a number of applications that need your expertise! There are currently 12 applications covering a wide array of inventions, including one by world-famous cryptographer, Whitfield Diffie. Method for configuring a windfarm network (Submitted by GE, available for...
The latest issue of Communications of the ACM has published an article by Andy Oram supporting Peer-to-Patent. The article, Peer to Patent Needs Your Expertise, is one of the February issue's cover stories. In the article, Oram calls upon ACM...
Patent Application Prior Artist Awards
These contributors submitted prior art or annotations used by the USPTO in making the determination of patentability.

NameTypePatent Application
Rob CameronPrior ArtCipher method and system for verifying a decryption...
Steven PearsonPrior ArtUser selectable management alert format
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The Peer-to-Patent pilot will review 250 applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software and Information Security), Selected applications will be reviewed sooner by the USPTO.

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