BigPatentData

Tools for Smarter Patent Prosecution

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

Strap on your proton packs to fight PAIR ghosts.
#patents #IsPAIRDown? @BlackHillsIP

https://t.co/rdt1jr3N55

[Christopher Carani @ChrisCarani]

@McAndrewsIP concludes large-scale study of design patent applications filed @USPTO during 5-year period spanning 2014-19. Results can be found @BigPatent https://t.co/nrSAJCtQUm. #Designpatents no longer sail through USPTO unscathed. Kudos to @DunstanBarnes for taking the helm

[Daniel W. Linna Jr. @DanLinna]

Computer Science + Law Faculty Talks

Join us for 20 talks by @NorthwesternLaw & @northwesterncs @NorthwesternEng faculty! Wednesday, February 26, 5-8 pm + reception at Northwestern Law School.

Agenda & registration: https://t.co/X4vaqeMibW

#NLawCS @NLawBizTech

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

Reminder to all #patent folks that use @uspto public PAIR: install the browser extension to help collect hard data on how bad it is. chrome: https://t.co/quvvuVDQeP
firefox: https://t.co/kEdt0ZR0VL
#OpenData

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

Strap on your proton packs to fight PAIR ghosts.
#patents #IsPAIRDown? @BlackHillsIP

https://t.co/rdt1jr3N55

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

@patentbuddy But the beauty (for them) is that the "AI" tools are all internally facing and thus will not be subject to public scrutiny. The $10mms will just quietly evaporate.

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

@TheIpHawk @tomcowan @IP_Paralegal @ShawnLillemo @KalmiaLatifolia @Juristat @patentbuddy @BassPatent @harryv257 @jamesdavid @MJMillerEsq @ArielR_IP @UScode35 @BlackHillsIP What are they spending it on!? "AI" of course! It's so shiny! Reliably serving PDF files is dull (and, apparently, too hard)

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

@IP_Paralegal @uspto @Juristat @ShawnLillemo @ipwatchdog @patentbuddy That is exactly what he said. Just that there is "an obligation to make public pair more reliable"

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

@IP_Paralegal @uspto @Juristat @ShawnLillemo @ipwatchdog @patentbuddy I linked the video in my previous post. But, honestly, I think "ghosts" and "bots" sums it up.

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

PPAC IT Update complete. Don't worry everybody! Its just "ghosts" (i.e., the problems are not real) and "bots"! Once we chase those away, manual, captcha-protected, one-off file wrapper downloads will be much more reliable! #ITLikeIts1999

https://t.co/DWmFr6dPRG

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

The Open PAIR Coalition has raised the PAIR/data accessibility issues with the PPAC and it is supposed to be in the IT update agenda for tomorrow's meeting. Watch here: https://t.co/2SjSRUpPqJ

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

https://t.co/FAUoFcJikE

[IPWatchdog @ipwatchdog]

Users Lament PAIR Changes During USPTO Forum https://t.co/Atnn0Ebf2B

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

@IP_Paralegal @BassPatent @timeanddate and if we could only get access to the terminal disclaimers locked away in PAIR...

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

@IP_Paralegal @FoleyandLardner @Juristat @PharmaPatents @uspto @BlackHillsIP I felt Courtenay's contribution was invaluable. @uspto somehow thinks data providers are not true "stakeholders." So hearing it straight from a practitioner at a big firm and @IPO committee was great.

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

@patentbuddy

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

@BassPatent @patentbuddy @uspto We are meeting on Wednesday with USPTO CIO Jamie Holcombe about this issue. Anyone that signed our letter to Dir. Iancu should have the deets. If not, message me.

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

Til allowance or abandonment do us part. #patents
https://t.co/jvel4FQE9X

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

Filing of patent applications in DOCX format brings a lot of benefits, but currently it is not ready for prime time (as discussed in recent posts on @PatentDocs and Carl Oppedahl.) I have a suggestion for USPTO on how to speed adoption of DOCX filing. https://t.co/zsGu9W2ShJ

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

@JeffBVockrodt @uspto The way that was set up (both in terms of technology and conflicts of interest), it never stood a chance of meeting demand. Pretty sure it's expired now anyways.

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

Even if there is a status, it is often out-of-date relative to PAIR. It seems @USPTO is basically no longer funding the PEDS project (despite claiming it was a viable alternative when they locked down private PAIR, resulting in public PAIR being worse than ever)

[Peter Kramer, Ph. D. @KalmiaLatifolia]

The Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) has a serious problem. Many records are missing status, status date, and inventor information. A few portions of records retrieved from PEDS and PAIR are illustrative.

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

@KalmiaLatifolia @uspto @WIPO @epo 2/2 Anyone that thinks this is nuts, please go to the link below and sign on to one of our letters to Director Iancu https://t.co/J3dLOFLnku

[BigPatentData @BigPatent]

@KalmiaLatifolia 1/2 Amazingly, @uspto has no way to provide the data even to those willing to pay for it (unlike @WIPO and @EPO). In fact, this is the source of the problem - *everyone* (even the biggest companies in the patent data space) are forced to scrape pair to get this *public* data