Why we are here Welcome to BountyQuest, the Internet destination where your knowledge can earn you large rewards. One type of information that companies need most is information that helps them defend against an overly broad patent.
Patents now affect companies and their customers in almost every industry.
Now, patents threaten the operations of small businesses and entrepreneurs in a wide range of fields, including Internet and biotechnology startups, retailers, financial service providers, and many others. By affecting businesses, patents also affect consumers, raising prices of a wide range of product and services. You literally pay every day for patents on a host of the things you buy. You have probably seen coverage of patent issues in the press. Most commentators and industry insiders seem to agree that some of the patents issued by the patent office in recent years are surprisingly broad.