This is a tremendous idea and a good implementation. There is a lot of information and ideas locked in the millions of pages of patent leagalese. The "collecti

This is a tremendous idea and a good implementation. There is a lot of information and ideas locked in the millions of pages of patent leagalese. The "collection" feature is awesome: it will allow to crowd-source research into niche topics. Here is a notebook that shows a birds-eye view of the "who is who" in the topic modelling patent space: http://www.lens.org/lens/search/collection/1698/v/analysis#f/owner http://www.lens.org/lens/search/collection/1698/v/analysis#f... Another possibility would be for "sponsor" companies to pay appropriately trained freelancers (lawyers, devs, researchers, ...) to conduct patent research in public. The sponsoring company might not get a "competitive advantage," but it could be a big PR win. The CompanyX which sponsored the 2014 review of patents on TechnologyX. Can you imagine how powerful the information contained in patents would be in combination with links to the relevant research articles?