Unanswered Questions
36 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Don't expire single use patent number tags
Related to Fix Patent Number Tagging system or abandon it, Stack Exchange's taging system automatically kills single use tags after so many months (unless they're added to more than one post). That ...
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Syntax for patent number
I propose the introduction of a syntax to indicate a patent number.
For example, a lot of posts start with something like
[Patent Application #20120225162](http://www.google.com/patents/...
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“Ask Question” button seems to confuse some new, Google Patents users
Background
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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Area 51 link on Main 404's
I recently learned about Ask Patents through a meta.SE post which discussed the SE sites which did not go through Area 51. That being said, there is still a link to the Ask Patents Area 51 proposal ...
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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", ...
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Shouldn't the icon for “rejected” be green thumbs up?
TL;DR
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. ...
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Auto-import Claims
This is aimed towards improving the workflow for translating patent claims.
I would like to have SE auto-import and format the top-level claims for patents. We could use the European Patent Office ...
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“Six month post grant review” ?? I assume this has been added to the boiler plate? It is not correct
From the USPTO FAQs on this program: it is in effect only for applications with a filing date after March 15,20013
It is nine months not six months. It is not a "send in documents" program. It is a ...
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“Site Stats” box is showing up again
A couple years ago, there was a bug report that the "Site Stats" box on the right had broken links. The issue was fixed by removing the box entirely, since only beta sites are supposed to ...
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2018: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in ...
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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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New Google Patents site, which URL to use?
The typical method of linking to Google Patents has been:
https://www.google.com/patents/US20130219479A1
However, since the recent update to Google Patents, there is a new view available:
https://...
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“Follow us on Twitter” image and Twitter brand guidelines
I think this image, seen in the sidebar of the main site, violates Twitter brand guidelines in that the site's logo is superimposed on Twitter's logo.
Usage guidelines
Do:
Use our official, ...
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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 ...
