Crowd Sourcing - A New Approach Towards Patents

INTRODUCTION

In the contemporary time, use of technology for the purpose of research and study is at its extreme position. The introduction of various platforms for expression of ideas is also at its peak. The combination of two has led to the creation of a new podium for staging of ideas and that is crowd sourcing.

The term "Crowd-sourcing" is formed by the combination of the words "crowd" and "source". Crowd sourcing may be defined as the act of outsourcing task, to large group of peoples or community, to utilize the benefits of mass collaboration to reach a desired outcome.

From funding a new technology startup to finding the best new restaurant in the city, crowd sourcing has impacted how we locate information, make decisions, and it can make seemingly impossible tasks a reality. For example, websites such as Quora.com and Yahoo Answers, influences the crowd to help answer user posed questions ranging from the esoteric to the basic. Kickstarter and