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The USPTO and Stack Exchange teamed up a while ago to crowd-source prior art for patents: https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/09/20/askpatents-com-a-stack-exchange
by twic 7y ago
The USPTO and Stack Exchange teamed up a while ago to crowd-source prior art for patents:
https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/09/20/askpatents-com-a-stack-exchange-to-prevent-bad-patents/ https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/09/20/askpatents-com-a-stack...
https://patents.stackexchange.com/?tags=prior-art-request https://patents.stackexchange.com/?tags=prior-art-request
It seems like that hasn't really got off the ground. Perhaps Cloudflare etc could do their prior art appeals through Ask Patents? It would help build its profile and userbase, which would help the process of taking down bad patents become self-sustaining.