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Anyone looking at creating an IPFS or BitTorrent mirror yet? Edit: the PDF attachment URL's are very predictable, they're the number of the patent in a weird o
by cryptarch 9y ago
Anyone looking at creating an IPFS or BitTorrent mirror yet?
Edit: the PDF attachment URL's are very predictable, they're the number of the patent in a weird order + a page number, e.g.: http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/10/292/096/2.pdf http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/10/292/096/2.pdf
Back of the envelope calculations say all PDF's should only take 1 - 6 TB's (assuming 100kb to 600kb in PDF's on average). Seriously, why hasn't anyone mirrored this?
- tjalfi 9y agoThe USPTO has a bulk download option[0]. The datasets are available from ReedTech[1]. [0] https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/bulk-data-products https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/bulk-data-produ... [1] http://patents.reedtech.com/Public-PAIR.php http://patents.reedtech.com/Public-PAIR.php
- umhau 9y agoLegal issues from mirroring something that's sort-of government property? I have no idea if it is or not, but I'd guess it's some sort of grey area.
- cryptarch 9y agoAs in, fear of extra-legal persecution or fear of legal prosecution? Copyright generally doesn't stop people from copying what they want to copy. Do only BigCo's have a use for patents?