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Patent Application Information Retrieval
-- see Patent EBC for more
provides secure access for customers who want to view current patent application status electronically via the Internet
- Browse Related Terms: CD, Doc, e-Commerce, e-Gov, EBC, eComm, eDAN, EFP, EFS, EFS-ABX, EFS-Web, EFT, electronic file wrapper, ePAS, ESTTA, eTAS, eTEAS, FOIA, IFW, MiTEAS, notice of references cited, OBI, OEIP, Pair, PrinTEAS, SAFE, TEAS, Trademark Electronic Application System
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Performance and Accountability Report
-- see Annual Reports for more
- Browse Related Terms: ABA #, ABC, C&A, CEAR, CFS, FASAB, PAR, SFFAC, SFFAS, statement of net cost
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The term "parent" is applied to an earlier application of the inventor disclosing a given invention
--see MPEP 201.04 for more
- Browse Related Terms: benefit claim, CIP, continuation, continued use, continuing application, CPA, divisional application, FWC, original application, Parent Application, priority claim, Reissue Application, Substitute Patent Application
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An earlier regular (nonprovisional) patent application of an inventor disclosing a given invention. MPEP 201.04.
- Browse Related Terms: Application, Continuation, Application, Continuation-in-Part, Application, Divisional, Convention Date, Corresponding Foreign Application, cross reference, Foreign Filing Date, Geschmackmuster, joint application, Non-Convention Application, nonprovisional patent application, original application, Parent Application, Priority, Priority Date, Priority Document, provisional application, Right of Priority, Substitute Patent Application
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Patent Application Specification Authoring Tool -- no longer used as of 22 August 2004
- Browse Related Terms: application (patent), Filing Date, nonprovisional patent application, NPL, PASAT, patent application, provisional patent application, redacted publication
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a property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor "to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States" for a limited time in exchange for public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted.
-- see also design patent, nonprovisional patent application, plant patent, provisional patent application, reexamination proceedings, reissue application, utility patent
- Browse Related Terms: classification, classification of goods and services, combination patent, copyrights, CRU, GAU, Group Art Unit, IC, inventor, Office, Patent, patent infringement, RE, SIRA, Technology Center, US, USC, USPS, X patent
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A grant by a patent office giving the grantee the right to exclude others from practicing a claimed invention in the jurijurisdiction of the patent office.
provides the patent holder, or patentee, the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing an invention for 20 years from the date of the patent's issuance. A patent is a government-sponsored monopoly, designed to reward the inventor by providing him with incentive to risk time, effort, and money in developing new technologies. In order to earn patent protection, an invention must be
- New
- Useful
- Nonobvious
Patentable material includes machines, processes, man-made items, compositions of matter, and improvements on any of these items - for all intents and purposes, "anything under the sun produced by man," or the methods of such production.
A grant by the federal government to an inventor of the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing a patented invention. Patents that cover structural or functional aspects of products, composition, and processes are utility patents. Other types of patents include design patents covering ornamental designs of useful objects and plant patents covering new varieties of living plants.
- Browse Related Terms: Copyright, design patent, Expiry Date, Grant, how to use, Infringe, Patent, Revocation, university research
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A person who is not an attorney who can legally represent an inventor or applicant in dealing with a patent office. MPEP 401.
- Browse Related Terms: art or prior art, embodiment, Patent Agent, Patent Attorney, Pro se Applicant, Sequence Rules
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a library designated by the USPTO to receive copies of patents, CD-ROMs containing registered and pending marks, and patent and trademark materials that are made available to the public for free. The libraries also actively disseminate patent and trademark information and offer internet access to USPTO's online collections.
-- see PTDL for a list of locations and more info
- Browse Related Terms: ABSS, bio-sequence listings, boolean, Design Search Code Manual, ISR, Patent and Trademark Depository Library, pseudo mark, PSIPS, search, sequence listing, TESS, Trademark Electronic Search System
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-- see application (patent) -- see How to Get a Patent for guides for each type of patent application
- Browse Related Terms: application (patent), Filing Date, nonprovisional patent application, NPL, PASAT, patent application, provisional patent application, redacted publication
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A document filed by an inventor or applicant with a patent office that discloses and claims an invention and that requests that the patent office grant the inventor or applicant the right to exclude others from practicing the invention.
- Browse Related Terms: Assignee, assignor, date of application, dedication to the public, Depositing Correspondence, Disclosure Document Program, File History, File Wrapper, Filing Date, issue date, Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), patent application, serial number, Terminal Disclaimer
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Pre-Grant Publication of patent application at 18 months from priority date
-- see Search online
- Browse Related Terms: application number (patent), confirmation number, Control No., ex parte reexamination, inter partes reexamination, normal publication, patent application publication, patent number, PG Pub, publication number, serial number, series code
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A person who is an attorney who can legally represent an inventor or applicant in dealing with a patent office. MPEP 401.
- Browse Related Terms: art or prior art, embodiment, Patent Agent, Patent Attorney, Pro se Applicant, Sequence Rules
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A treaty that set up a system for searching and, optionally, examination of patent applications.
- Browse Related Terms: Art Unit, Auslegeschrift, Citation, Election, Examiner's Action, final rejection, First Action, Front Page Drawing, information disclosure statement (IDS), Kokai, Kokoku, New Issue, notice of allowance, Office action, Old Application, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), Patent Examiner, Patentability, Preliminary Examination, Preliminary Examination Report, Reexamination, restriction, restriction requirement, Special Status, Substantive Examination, Traverse
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See Examiner.
- Browse Related Terms: Art Unit, Auslegeschrift, Citation, Election, Examiner's Action, final rejection, First Action, Front Page Drawing, information disclosure statement (IDS), Kokai, Kokoku, New Issue, notice of allowance, Office action, Old Application, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), Patent Examiner, Patentability, Preliminary Examination, Preliminary Examination Report, Reexamination, restriction, restriction requirement, Special Status, Substantive Examination, Traverse
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A patent family is the same invention disclosed by a common inventor(s) and patented in more than one country.
-- see patent family
- Browse Related Terms: appeal (patent), BPAI, BPAIIS, family (patent), GICP, infringement, ITU, letters patent, Patent Family, PTDL, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, TTAB
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All the patent application and patent documents that relate to he same invention regardless of the patent office involved. The patent family concept is used in patent searching, e.g., to find a published patent application (PCT, EPO, etc.) that corresponds to a (secret) U.S. patent application. MPEP 905.06.
- Browse Related Terms: Application Series, Basic Patent, CFR, Federal Regulations, Official Gazette, One-Year Grace Period, Patent Family, Patent Watch, Published Application, Published Patent Application, United States Patent and Trademark Office Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
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unauthorized making, using, offering to sell, selling or importing into the United States any patented invention
-- see 35 USC § 271(a)
- Browse Related Terms: classification, classification of goods and services, combination patent, copyrights, CRU, GAU, Group Art Unit, IC, inventor, Office, Patent, patent infringement, RE, SIRA, Technology Center, US, USC, USPS, X patent
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The marking of a patent-pending item "Patent Pending" or marking a patented item with one or more of the patent numbers. Marking gives a potential infringer notice of the fact that a patent is pending or has issued. Marking an invention "Patent Pending" is not allowed in some countries. The marking can be either on the item or on its packaging.
- Browse Related Terms: CIP, continuation, Continuation Application, Continuation-In-Part Application, Copending Application or Copendency, Division, divisional application, new matter, Patent Marking, Pending Patent Application
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See Misuse.
- Browse Related Terms: business incubator, Intellectual Property, model, Patent Misuse, Proprietary Information, Reference Character, service mark, Trade Name, Trade Secret, trademark
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unique number assigned to a patent application when it issues as a patent -- see list
-- see patent numbering formats for an explanation of the codes that appear in a patent number
- Browse Related Terms: application number (patent), confirmation number, Control No., ex parte reexamination, inter partes reexamination, normal publication, patent application publication, patent number, PG Pub, publication number, serial number, series code
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The number assinged to an issued patent by a patent office.
- Browse Related Terms: certificate of correction, double patenting, Invalid, Opposition, patent number, Patent Term, patentee, PTO (Patent and Trademark Office), reissue, Reissue Application, Reissue Patent, request for reexamination, Validity