Questions tagged [feature-request]
You have an idea for a new feature, or for a change to the existing functionality.
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Shouldn't conflict of interest disclaimers be required ipso facto as opposed to after the fact?
This question is the basis of my question:
Is an electric circuit patentable?
A new user shows up (no history for any pattern), presume, there is no pattern of a particular material having been ...
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"Discuss" link from google patents
A recent question does not mention the patent to which it is referring. Is it possible that google patents has a link to Ask Patents that does not automatically indicate the patent in question? If so, ...
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Wouldn't it make more sense for reputation to be universal to all StackExchange communities?
I was surprised to find that my newly earned reputation points in this community don't seem to carry over to other communities. And I just don't see the point in this. It's kind of like having to go ...
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Flagging / Deletion of dangerous wrong advice answers
I have noticed a flag to an answer of mine beeing declined with the reason
flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer
While I certainly understand ...
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Google Patents link on main page
I notice there is a "Search patents with Google" link on the right side of the Ask Patents main page. That links to https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts. I've found that https://patents.google.com is ...
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Old prior art requests
There are prior art requests here that are not "valid" anymore as the aplication has since become a patent.
Example:
Prior art request for US20120179309 "Data Improvement System and Method"?...
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Can we make a "tips and tricks for patent applications" question?
I feel like this would help many people, but it isn't exactly a question answer thing, more like a wiki thing. Any thoughts?
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Feature Request: Support Reissue Patent tags with patent sidebar
Reissue Patent tags (e.g., usre45370) are not recognized by the patent sidebar. Could the code that recognizes patent tags be revised to support this format (usre\d+)?
Please also see the following ...
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Display Google Patent summary for non-US documents
I would like to make a formal request to support Google Patent sidebar summaries for non-US patent number tags, especially WIPO patent tags.
This is peripherally related to a question regarding ...
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Questioner or FAQ type radio to restrict new questions which are already answered
I might be asking a LOT but i think just like flagging system, we can have some radio buttons based screening before a New user asks a question. for example.
Are you looking for expiry of patent? if ...
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Adding patent number as Tag verification
I feel that for new question we can have TAG system verification wherein if a question body or title contains any number more than 4 digit a tag auto verification pop-up [currently seen as red square ...
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"Ask Question" button seems to confuse some new, Google Patents users
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George White pointed out on my related meta post Where is Ask Patents marketed? that Google Patents has a button on every patent page that links to us, and I suspect that this is the cause ...
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Should the "Rejected" banner be green color instead of red?
We currently use this image to indicate that patents are rejected:
However, when visitors to the page view the site, it's highly likely that they would think "the challenge had been rejected", instead ...
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Shouldn't the icon for "rejected" be green thumbs up?
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Rejection of a patent is considered success for Ask Patents community, so shouldn't the icon for rejected tag be a greenish-thumbs-up instead of current reddish-thumbs-down ()?
Rejection of a ...
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No easy way to properly label sub-aspects of claims
A key feature of reading patents is understanding the structure of the claims. Patents usually have between 10 and 30 numbered claims with most of them making reference, by number, to other claims. ...
George WhiteMod
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