I feel that even if a patent-specific subforum were not implemented, it would still be incredibly useful if we had a "discoveries"-themed subforum.
Prepublication has always seemed a bit prohibitive, especially to new users, due to the fact that either a user's report has not been drafted, or
publishing a report isn't the path a given user wants to take. For lab equipment, the "Homemade and Repurposed Lab Gear" thread that is stickied under
the Reagents and Apparatus board (by the way, does anyone else like to shorten it to "Re-Ap"?) sort of serves this purpose, but topics tend to get
buried as the thread ages. A place for users to discuss their discoveries, if any, would be a pretty nice tool for this site. |