Comments on: Circumvent that Patent Tar Pit http://gigaom.com/2008/01/17/circumvent-that-patent-tar-pit/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Skyline Solar Gets a Green Light in Express Lane for Cleantech Patents http://gigaom.com/2008/01/17/circumvent-that-patent-tar-pit/#comment-191165 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:01:46 +0000 http://foundread.com/2008/01/17/circumvent-that-patent-tar-pit/#comment-191165 [...] patents in hand — the result of an often laborious and expensive process — can give some startups an important lever to pull, as Celeste has written over on GigaOM Pro [...]

]]> By: Feds Give Green Patents an Express Lane: What It Means for Startups http://gigaom.com/2008/01/17/circumvent-that-patent-tar-pit/#comment-191164 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:01:21 +0000 http://foundread.com/2008/01/17/circumvent-that-patent-tar-pit/#comment-191164 [...] according to the patent office’s release. Having patents in hand — the result of an often laborious and expensive process — can give some startups an important lever to pull, as Celeste has written over on GigaOM Pro [...]

]]> By: Steve G. http://gigaom.com/2008/01/17/circumvent-that-patent-tar-pit/#comment-191162 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:41:12 +0000 http://foundread.com/2008/01/17/circumvent-that-patent-tar-pit/#comment-191162 Wow, either the author doesn’t understand patents or can’t be bothered to read the documentation on the Peer to Patent Web site – I’m not sure which is worse.

This is not a substitute for filing a patent application – it is a tool to assist in locating relevant “prior art” to determine if an application will meet the USPTO standards of novelty and non-obviousness.

So, as much as you’d like to avoid paying a patent attorney (like me), you still need to file an application before this system can be used. Otherwise, you’re just exposing your idea to the world to see for free and throwing away any potential patent rights in the process.

Oh, and if you’re being charged $30,000 to file a patent application (just for the preparation and filing of the application, not seeing it through to issue), it had better be a huge application or you’re getting ripped off.

]]> By: The infamous patent tar-pit « nPost Startup Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/01/17/circumvent-that-patent-tar-pit/#comment-191163 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:29:34 +0000 http://foundread.com/2008/01/17/circumvent-that-patent-tar-pit/#comment-191163 [...] The infamous patent tar-pit Or maybe not so famous, but here are some interesting suggestions for getting from mired in the all encompassing goo that is the patent world. [...]

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