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Intellectual Property terms

801. TDR Trademark Document Retrieval system -- see TDR Online retrieval of documents from the electronic case file for federal trademark applications and…
802. teach To inform and instruct by way of the documents making up the prior art. The prior art references teach the technology disclosed in them or revealed by…
803. teach toward - teach away A prior-art reference that suggests or points in the direction of the present invention is said to teach toward the invention and is evidence that the…
804. Teaching Away The situation in which a prior art reference suggests that a claimed invention is not possible, e.g., would not work. MPEP 2145.
805. TEAS Trademark Electronic Application System -- see TEAS USPTO's electronic filing system.
806. Technical Field The field of art to which the invention pertains. MPEP 608.01(c).
807. Technology Center (or TC, also referred to as a Group) - a unit of several Group Art Units in the mechanical, electrical, chemical or design area, managed by one or more…
808. technology licensing The process by which patentable intellectual property is made marketable and is licensed or otherwise disposed for use by the pubic.
809. Technology Manager The person in a public-sector or private-sector organization who is responsible for managing the intellectual property of the organization.
810. term of art an expression or phrase that has a defined meaning when used in a particular context or knowledge environment (such as the patenting process…
811. Term of Patent The period during which a patent can be inforced. MPEP 2501.
812. terminal disclaimer also "TD": a statement filed by an owner under 35 USC § 253 (paragraph 2) and 37 CFR § 1.
813. TESS Trademark Electronic Search System -- see TESS USPTO's online database for searching pending, registered and dead federal trademarks.
814. that which infringes if later, anticipates if earlier A rule stating the equivalence between two tests under patent law (i.e., the test of infringement of a patent and the test of anticipation in the prior…
815. TICRS Trademark Image Capture & Retrieval System A system used within the USPTO to scan, store and provide access to images of papers associated with trademark…
816. TIFF Tagged Image File Format - a graphic file format used for storing still-image bitmaps.
817. TIS Trademark Information System
818. Title of Invention A brief but technically accurate name for the invention. MPEP 606.
819. TLT Trademark Law Treaty
820. TMEP Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
821. TMOG Trademark Official Gazette
822. TPAC Trademark Public Advisory Committee
823. TPostal Trademark Postal System
824. trade dress a product's design, product packaging, color, or other distinguishing nonfunctional element of appearance -- see TMEP 1202.02 for more
825. Trade Name A name used to identify a business entity.
826. trade secret information that companies keep secret to give them an advantage over their competitors
827. trademark See service mark.
828. Trademark Act Trademark Act of 1946, as Amended (PUBLIC LAW 79-489, CHAPTER 540, APPROVED JULY 5, 1946; 60 STAT.
829. Trademark Application and Registration Retrieval TARR
830. Trademark Electronic Application System TEAS
831. Trademark Electronic Search System TESS
832. Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure TMEP - a reference work on the practices and procedures relative to prosecution of applications to register marks in the USPTO.
833. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board TTAB
834. TRAM Trademark Reporting And Monitoring - a system used by trademark examiners within USPTO.
835. transitional phrase a word or phrase that serves to link or create a relationship between one idea or concept and another.
836. Traverse To dispute the decision of an Examiner. In proceedings before the USPTO, failing to traverse an Examiner's reliance on alleged "common knowledge" or…
837. TRB Technical Review Board - an internal OCIO group that reviews IT project development at critical stages for conformance with USPTO standards and guidance.
838. TRIPs Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
839. TRM Technical Reference Model
840. TSG Technology Standards and Guidelines
841. TSS Technical Support Staff -- USPTO employees who support examination workflow processing
842. TTAB Trademark Trial and Appeal Board -- an administrative tribunal at the USPTO. It has jurisdiction over appeals from decisions of the Trademark Office, as…
843. TTY A TTY (teletypewriter) is a communication device used by people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or have severe speech impairment.
844. TW@H Trademark Work-at-Home - a telecommuting work alternative for Trademark employees
845. typed mark term no longer in use -- see standard character drawing
846. UDRP Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
847. UEA USPTO Enterprise Architecture
848. UML Unified Modeling Language
849. Undue Experimentation An amount of experimentation required to practice a disclosed invention that would be unreasonable. MPEP 2164.01, MPEP 818.03(c).
850. Unenforceable A determonation by a court that a patent cannot be enforced against a party that would otherwise be infringing its claims, because the patent is defective.
851. United States Code The laws of the U.S.
852. United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) The agency of the U.S. Federal Government responsible for administering the country's patent system.
853. United States Patent and Trademark Office Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) The regulations promulgated by the USPTO.
854. university research All research conducted in the course of an inventor's employment with the University (including, but not limited to, the performance of a grant, contract…
855. Unobvious The state of a claimed invention's not being obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the invention pertains. Also called non-obvious.
856. unpatentable Descriptive of an invention not involving sufficient departure from what was known before in the art or that for some other reason is not the proper…
857. Unreasonable Experimentation See Undue Experimentation.
858. UPR Utility, Plant, and Reissue -- see patent for more
859. US United States
860. USC United States Code -- see MORE INFO
861. use in commerce For the purpose of obtaining federal registration, "commerce" means all commerce that the U.S.
862. use-based application There are 4 filing bases on which an application may be based. One filing basis is use of the mark in commerce (the other three are filing based on an…
863. Useful Having some practical utility; fit for some desirable practical or commercial purpose. One of the three requirements for patentability under U.S. law.
864. USPS United States Postal Service
865. USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office, designation became effective April 3, 2000; a result of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
866. USTR United States Trade Representative -- see International Intellectual Property for more
867. Utility See Useful.
868. Utility Model A type of patent available in some countries that requires less inventiveness than necessary to obtain a patent.
869. Utility Patent may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new, useful, and nonobvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or…
870. utility patent application protect useful processes, machines, articles of manufacture, and compositions of matter. -- see also application (patent)
871. Valid Sound and justified; meeting the test of patentability.
872. Validity The issue of whether a patent is valid. See Valid.
873. Verified Statement/Showing A verfied statement is one made with the stated knowledge that false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, and may…
874. WCT WIPO Copyright Treaty
875. willful infringement Conduct that constitutes an illegal use of another's patented invention where the infringer has no reasonable basis for believing that its actions are…
876. window close time period after which a utility patent (that issues from an application filed on or after 12 December 1980) expires if a maintenance fee has not been…
877. window open time period when a maintenance fee can be paid with or without a surcharge. -- see MPEP 2506
878. WINS Windows Internet Naming Service
879. WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization an intergovernmental organization of the United Nations system.
880. Withdrawal A withdrawal is money you take out of your banking, brokerage firm, or other accounts.
881. withdrawn claim a non-elected claim "Withdrawn" is the status identifier that should be used for claims that were not elected (chosen by the applicant to remain under…
882. withdrawn patent an allowed application for patent in which the applicant files correspondence to withdraw the patent from issue; ;thus preventing it from issuing on the…
883. word mark a type of trademark comprised of text
884. work-for-hire When one is specifically hired to complete a task, such as write a discrete computer program, the resulting product is said to be a Work-for-Hire and thus…
885. Worked or Working The condition of having met a country's requirement that an invention be put to use in some way.
886. workflow the "flow of work" Workflow diagrams are a formal way to identify procedural steps and the logic employed in a process used to complete a task or job.
887. workflow incoming amendment IFW from Public PAIR/IFW - designates the point in time when an amendment is received in the Office and the paper scanning process may be started at the…
888. WPPT WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
889. Written Description A description (disclosure) of an invention that is written in a patent application.
890. WTO World Trade Organization -- see MORE INFO about International Intellectual Property protection
891. X patent In the 46 years prior to the Great Fire of 1836, the United States government had issued about 10,000 patents.
892. XML See Extensible Markup Language.