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In response to "Maybe instead of a patent office, there should be a prior art office? :) -- nm" by Beryllium

I'd wholly support that idea without reservation.

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka reluctantcynic) Nov 26 '08, 17:58

Seriously.

That is one of the biggest problems with our patenting system these days. The Patent Office's lack of access to the bulk of prior art simply means that invalid patents -- which never should've been issued by the Patent Office in the first place -- have to be negated by very expensive litigation, rather than being killed at the beginning of the process.

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For some reason, the government doesn't believe in the idea of crowdsourcing ... but the concept could readily apply here. - Beryllium Nov 26, 18:00 1
- Actually, it looks like someone is trying to bring back BountyQuest -- the organization of prior art bounty hunters. (linky) -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 18:22

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I'd wholly support that idea without reservation.

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