Our initial postings are requests for prior art relevant to the validity of a patent, but other postings are possible. The hunters submit the information to BountyQuest, and BountyQuest sends it on to the posters.
Posters rate the information as to whether it matches the request.
If so, then the first matching submission wins the bounty. Any time you need to determine the strength of a patent, or evaluate the size and scope of the market for a technology. See our Use Scenarios for some examples you may not have thought of before. Companies considering new products or markets post in order to find out what the state of the art is in a particular industry. Lawyers whose clients have been sued or threatened with suit for patent infringement post in order to find prior art that may help them defend a case.