FAQs - Patent Lens
What else does the Patent Lens contain?
What other features are coming?
Who is doing this work? What happened to the CAMBIA IP Resource?
How is this related to the BiOS Initiative and open source?
Are there any fee-based services?
How can links be provided to this website?
What does "Freedom to Operate" mean?
What is after-claiming? or, "How could that have been claimed in a patent? I thought it was in the public domain!"
What does it mean if a patent application is pending but not granted?
Patent Search Facilities
How is this related to the BiOS Initiative and open source?
Biological Open Source is not a new way of patenting, but it is a new way of sharing Freedom to (co-)Operate by maintaining capability to use technology (including patented technology, know-how, and improvements subject to patent applications), among multiple parties that agree to cooperate according to the terms of a BiOS license.
The Patent Lens tools are useful to help point to and protect this Freedom to (co-)Operate. Transparency around patents and understanding of what their claims cover is important to dispel "PatentFUD" (FUD is a widely used technical term): fears about investing in technology of interest, uncertainties about whether other licenses are needed, and doubts about where it is possible to invent around the claims without infringing them.
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