See Also
- Backlog of unexamined patent applications
- Internet as a source of prior art
- Observations by third parties under the European Patent Convention
- Opposition proceeding
- Opposition procedure before the European Patent Office, European procedure for public to challenge validity of patents after they issue
- Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH), a set of cooperation agreements between some patent offices, notably for accelerating patent prosecution
- Peer to patent
- Public participation
- Public Patent Foundation
- Reexamination, US procedure for public to challenge validity of patents after they issue.
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