abandonment

Process by which the debtors estate would not benefit by the sale of certain property so the trustee will turn it back over to the debtor.

Abandonment occurs when a spouse brings cohabitation to an end without justification, without the consent of the other spouse, and without the intent of renewing cohabitation.

A patent application becomes abandoned for failure to file a complete and proper reply as the condition of the application may require within the time period provided under 37 CFR § 1.134 and § 1.136 unless an Office action indicates otherwise.

Abandonment may be either of the invention or of an application. An abandoned application, in accordance with 37 CFR §§ 1.135 and 1.138, is one which is removed from the Office docket of pending applications.

-- see MPEP 711 for more -- see express abandonment

An actual or implied giving up of an application or invention by some positive act or failure to act within a reasonable or statutorily fixed time.

Network replacement of a connect signal with an on-hook signal (network) prior to receiving a CI (customer installation) answer signal; abandonment is the only way to end an unanswered call attempt. [T1.405-1989]