Questions tagged [scope]
Which kinds of questions are on-topic and which kinds are off-topic.
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How do I use this site effectively?
I'm pretty sure I'm using up the goodwill of the moderators with my many questions about patent phrases and wording, so I'm turning to Meta.
Background: I'm working on my first patent, and I plan to ...
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Is there any way to accomodate historical licensing questions regarding expired patents?
Today, a new user asked a few perfectly legitimate questions about a patent and this community in general, but the questions are currently outside the scope of Ask Patents.
Patent Discussion
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Should the on-topic page reflect questions about tools used with patents?
Speaking in response to this question, How often is Google Patents updated?, and specifically Robert's comment on it, I'd like to see the help center updated to include that questions about specific ...
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Are we limited to US patents? [duplicate]
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Is this site only and specifically for the USA patent system?
Are the questions here limited to the US patent system? Can I ask questions about the UK patent system? Can I ask ...
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Are questions of the form 'Can anyone find prior art for patent X' on topic?
Are questions that attempt to crowd-source the prior art gathering process going to be on topic/allowed?
I'm thinking about questions along the lines of:
I'm being sued by company X regarding ...
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Is this site only and specifically for the USA patent system?
In our new site's "About" page we have this:
Ask Patents is a collaboratively edited Q&A site for patent experts and inventors to:
Solicit help finding prior art that might apply to a ...
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Are questions about software licensing on topic?
I'm sure many of you got invited to this private beta because you had previously supported the Software Licensing SE on Area51, so I feel like this will be a useful question.
Software patents and ...
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