An den to exete mathei akoma, shmera to USPTO (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) ekane mia istorikh anakoinwsh (se synergasia me IBM, RedHat kai alloys OpenSource), opoy anakoinwnei 3 nees prwtoboylies: * Community patent review Oi aithseis gia patentes tha einai "open" kai tha mporei opoiosdhpote na sxoliazei. * Open Source Software as Prior Art O,ti exei hdh ginei san OpenSource tha thewreitai ws prior art (mexri twra aplws post toy kwdika sto web den htan epakribws "published") * Patent quality index Tha yparxei bathmologia stis patentes (gia to poso kalh einai), poy isws na ephreazei th diadikasia aponomhns ths. Exciting news... (de parathetw links, ta nea einai pantoy) -- -- zvr -- -- +---------------------------+ Alexios Zavras (-zvr-) | H eytyxia den exei enoxes | zvr [ at ] pobox [ dot ] com +-----------------------zvr-+