Patents without errors are, in the USA at least, seemingly as rare as hen's teeth.
Intellivate, which has "facilities in India and the U.S" and "serves intellectual property law firms and in-house legal departments," has unleashed its Indian proofreaders on the patents filed in the USA. The remarkable result of this diligent proofreading is that 98% of the patents they looked at come with errors.
In the press release to go with the announcement of this finding, the company says: "Of the 98%, 56% were made by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and a further 44% by the prosecuting firm. Proofreaders found that 2% of the patents contained serious mistakes that weakened the core claims. Certificates of Correction were filed for an estimated 34% of the proofread patents."
Intellivate naturally has something to sell to get around this problem in the shape of "proprietary tools that automate part of the proofreading process". It isn't, then, just down to cheap labour in one of those Indian sweatshops. Then again, the company admits that this is a part of its attraction.
Intellivate, which has "facilities in India and the U.S" and "serves intellectual property law firms and in-house legal departments," has unleashed its Indian proofreaders on the patents filed in the USA. The remarkable result of this diligent proofreading is that 98% of the patents they looked at come with errors.
In the press release to go with the announcement of this finding, the company says: "Of the 98%, 56% were made by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and a further 44% by the prosecuting firm. Proofreaders found that 2% of the patents contained serious mistakes that weakened the core claims. Certificates of Correction were filed for an estimated 34% of the proofread patents."
Intellivate naturally has something to sell to get around this problem in the shape of "proprietary tools that automate part of the proofreading process". It isn't, then, just down to cheap labour in one of those Indian sweatshops. Then again, the company admits that this is a part of its attraction.
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