Online review process aims to clear patent backlog.

The scientific community depends on peer review to make sure that papers are tip-top; could it work for inventions too? That’s the question being pondered by the US Patent and Trademark Office, as it mulls over a peer-review programme for patent applications.

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Online review process aims to clear patent backlog.

The scientific community depends on peer review to make sure that papers are tip-top; could it work for inventions too? That’s the question being pondered by the US Patent and Trademark Office, as it mulls over a peer-review programme for patent applications.

Read the story here.