Their input would help federal examiners better understand the merits of claims.
Transparency requires scientists to publish their methodology and data so that the merit of a claim can be assessed on the basis of the evidence rather than the reputation of those making the claim.
This body of evidence will be used by the federal judge to determine the merit of the claim.
The old system of a lone patent examiner weighing the innovative merit of a claim to originality, they say, cannot hope to cope with the surge in patent filings.
For months, an obscure Texas company run by doctors has been operating a Web site, DoctorsKnowUs.com, that compiles and posts the names of plaintiffs, their lawyers and expert witnesses in malpractice lawsuits in Texas and beyond, regardless of the merit of the claim.
(Update: Although Facebook's own Manger of State Policy Daniel Sachs co-chairs a deregulatory tech council in the Illinois Chamber of Commerce that proposed the amendment, the company maintains that "We have not taken any position on the proposed legislation in Illinois, nor have we suggested language or spoken to any legislators about it". You may decide for yourself the merit of that claim).
"Despite its knowledge of the Trusts' Loan Modification Claims," the letter said, "the Trustee agreed to release such claims in the Settlement, apparently without any investigation of the extent or merit of such claims, and without any compensation for the Trusts with respect to such claims".
We've told them their lack of a state is their own fault; if only they would embrace non-violence, a reasonable and unprejudiced world would see the merit of their claims.
We do not make or imply any judgment about the merit of the claims they make.
Four final charges made against Bailey must be considered before we close this inquiry into the merit of the claims that Bailey behaved unethically, illegally, or immorally in the production of his book.
Describing "extraordinary differences in outcomes and categorization practices," the researchers raise the possibility that "where a person makes a claim is more important than the merits of the claim or any other factor".
