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How HN took it
11 positive, 28 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 48 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Idea: 6 for, 5 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun and useful for finding ideas and learning about patents
From 3 comments
Great work with this, I can see it providing me hours of entertainment. Obligatory what's the stack?
joe_fro on HNThis is epic. Love it. I'm going to share this with others. I see this as a great way to learn about patents in general, and as a way to get inspiration for new ideas. I've…
ijidak on HNThis is a great idea! There are undoubtedly many great solutions to be found through here that were either before their time, or simply ignored after filing. Great work!
traviswingo on HN
Good execution and simple design
From 2 comments
Great work with this, I can see it providing me hours of entertainment. Obligatory what's the stack?
joe_fro on HNI have to say I like this; personally, it will probably just be entertainment for me (like I need more distractions), but I can easily see it being useful for others. Great job!…
cr0sh on HN
Objections
Many patents are renewed and so are wrongly listed as expired
From 1 comment
I posted your site on reddit, someone is complaining that many patents are renewed and potentially not listed on your site.…
agumonkey on HN
Expiry dates can be wrong; false sense of security
From 1 comment
I run Google Patents (patents.google.com) - we've thought about including a way to search by expired patents (we have the expiration indicators), but in my opinion it gives a…
wetherbeei on HN
Many listed patents are trivial
From 1 comment
Is it just me (it's not) or are 80% of these fairly trivial? Patents don't make sense when you think about it.
miguelrochefort on HN
Requests
Pick a range of days rather than one day
From 2 comments
Are you planning on having a feature to pick a range of days, so that I can seen what expired over the last week?
joe_fro on HNThis would be even more helpful if you could do X days in advance of expiration rather than day of expiration.
gist on HN
Show expirations some days in advance
From 2 comments
This would be even more helpful if you could do X days in advance of expiration rather than day of expiration.
gist on HNI actually want to explore patents whose protection expires in the time I need to implement them. Perhaps 6 months would be a good compromise.
amelius on HN
Pagination at top and more items per page
From 1 comment
I have to say I like this; personally, it will probably just be entertainment for me (like I need more distractions), but I can easily see it being useful for others. Great job!…
cr0sh on HN
Questions
Does a patent that expired become public domain or free to be patented again?
From 1 comment
An expired patent is of public domain or it is just free to be patented again by another person?
soneca on HN
Is there a USPTO feed being parsed?
From 1 comment
I'm so curious, what's your lead source/ is there a USPTO API feed that you're parsing?
kumarski on HN
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Google Patents
From 1 comment
I run Google Patents (patents.google.com) - we've thought about including a way to search by expired patents (we have the expiration indicators), but in my opinion it gives a…
wetherbeei on HN
freeip.mtu.edu expired patent search
From 1 comment
I run Google Patents (patents.google.com) - we've thought about including a way to search by expired patents (we have the expiration indicators), but in my opinion it gives a…
wetherbeei on HN