Comments on: One bad apple…all practitioners suffer (The USPTO and Easy Access to Public Data) http://inventblog.com/uspto/one-bad-appleall-practitioners-suffer-the-uspto-and-easy-access-to-public-data.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:09:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: D.C. Patent Associate http://inventblog.com/uspto/one-bad-appleall-practitioners-suffer-the-uspto-and-easy-access-to-public-data.html/comment-page-1#comment-2478 D.C. Patent Associate Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:17:07 +0000 http://inventblog.com/2008/01/one-bad-appleall-practitioners-suffer-the-uspto-and-easy-access-to-public-data.html#comment-2478 Based on my experience, the CATPCHA made public PAIR more accessable because it was very difficult to access prior to the change. That said, I hope CATPCHA is only a temporary solution because data mining could be very beneficial in the long term. Based on my experience, the CATPCHA made public PAIR more accessable because it was very difficult to access prior to the change.

That said, I hope CATPCHA is only a temporary solution because data mining could be very beneficial in the long term.

]]> By: Stephen M. Nipper http://inventblog.com/uspto/one-bad-appleall-practitioners-suffer-the-uspto-and-easy-access-to-public-data.html/comment-page-1#comment-2477 Stephen M. Nipper Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:49:31 +0000 http://inventblog.com/2008/01/one-bad-appleall-practitioners-suffer-the-uspto-and-easy-access-to-public-data.html#comment-2477 Larry: Thanks for the link. Larry: Thanks for the link.

]]> By: Larry Kasoff http://inventblog.com/uspto/one-bad-appleall-practitioners-suffer-the-uspto-and-easy-access-to-public-data.html/comment-page-1#comment-2476 Larry Kasoff Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:17:09 +0000 http://inventblog.com/2008/01/one-bad-appleall-practitioners-suffer-the-uspto-and-easy-access-to-public-data.html#comment-2476 The USPTO did post a public explanation, but you probably missed it because they didn't post it until January 11, about a week and a half after the CAPTCHA was implemented. http://www.uspto.gov/main/homepagenews/2008jan11.htm "The reCAPTCHA deployment was an immediate response to a system outage problem caused by bots. The USPTO continues to explore long-term solutions to address the need for open access to the data by the Intellectual Property community." The USPTO did post a public explanation, but you probably missed it because they didn’t post it until January 11, about a week and a half after the CAPTCHA was implemented.

http://www.uspto.gov/main/homepagenews/2008jan11.htm

“The reCAPTCHA deployment was an immediate response to a system outage problem caused by bots. The USPTO continues to explore long-term solutions to address the need for open access to the data by the Intellectual Property community.”

]]> By: Jim http://inventblog.com/uspto/one-bad-appleall-practitioners-suffer-the-uspto-and-easy-access-to-public-data.html/comment-page-1#comment-2475 Jim Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:11:45 +0000 http://inventblog.com/2008/01/one-bad-appleall-practitioners-suffer-the-uspto-and-easy-access-to-public-data.html#comment-2475 Your presumption is correct, as far as I know. PAIR was pretty much inaccessible for most of December - just a lot of timeouts and page errors (at least for me and others in my office). One of the secretaries in my office called the PTO and was told that they were having a problem with "data mining" that was overloading the site. Things definitely seem to have improved since they put in the CAPTCHA. Your presumption is correct, as far as I know. PAIR was pretty much inaccessible for most of December – just a lot of timeouts and page errors (at least for me and others in my office). One of the secretaries in my office called the PTO and was told that they were having a problem with “data mining” that was overloading the site. Things definitely seem to have improved since they put in the CAPTCHA.

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