Search for final decisions rendered by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) here. The USPTO Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) page can be found here.

Links: BPAI Search, USPTO FOIA page.

Web 2.0 + Patents = Patents 2.0? The Peer to Patent Project aims to design and pilot an online system for peer review of patents. Established in conjunction with the USPTO, and sponsored by IBM, this program will encourage communities to review pending patent applications and to provide feedback to the patent office on existing prior art that may not have been discovered by the applicant or examiner.

“By using social software, such as social reputation, collaborative filtering and information visualization tools, we can apply the ‘wisdom of the crowd’ – or, more accurately the wisdom of the experts – to complex social and scientific problems. This could make it easier to protect the inventor’s investment while safeguarding the marketplace of ideas.”

Links: The Peer to Patent Project, Project Wiki, Project Blog.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) is posting oral arguments in mp3 format. All future argued cases will be available twenty-four hours after argument is completed.

The CAFC has nationwide jurisdiction in a variety of subject areas, including international trade, government contracts, patents, trademarks, certain money claims against the United States government, federal personnel, and veterans’ benefits.

If you would like to browse all cases, simply enter the letter “v” in the Caption field of the search page and click on “Search”.

Links: Oral Arguments MP3s, CAFC.