Re: From Google: Free Bulk Data from US Patent and Trademark Office

[Carl Malamud <xxxx@media.org>]

On Jun 2, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Aaron Swartz wrote:

>>> Man, they sure don't make it easy to mirror.
>> 
>> yep. agreed. on the other hand, all the stuff in a single directory for each 
>> category, not hard to get an initial grab.
> 
> yeah, but no directory listings on the actual directories! sigh.
> 

Heh, you think that's the sigh. You should have seen what it took to get USPTO 
to agree to even this step. :)) Kappos tried to throw me out of his office, 
Google insisted on doing a submarine on this and not talking to any "outsiders" 
like me ... I've known this is happening for 6 months but didn't actually see 
the directory until yesterday. That's why I haven't stood up and vouched for 
this yet until I see what's up and hear from folks like freepatentsonline.

Carl