Law terms starting with O

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O.G. See Official Gazette.
OACS Office Action Correspondence System - used by patent examiners to generate office actions.
Oath A solemn pledge in attestation of the truth of a statement or in verification of a statement made.
OBI Originating Beneficiary Information - the informational portion of a wire (electronic) transfer of funds.
obinson-Patman Act An amendment to the Clayton Act which deals with price discrimination.
Obiter dictum A thing said by the way, as language unnecessary to a decision or ruling on an issue not raised.
Objeción, protesta El acto de protestar por una declaración o decisión en un juicio.
Object of the Invention A desired characteristic of an invention. MPEP 608.01(d).
Objection The process by which one party takes exception to some statement or procedure. An objection is either sustained (allowed) or overruled by the judge.
objection to dischargeability A trustee's or creditor's objection to the debtor being released from personal liability for certain dischargeable debts.
objection to exemptions A trustee's or creditor's objection to the debtor's attempt to claim certain property as exempt from liquidation by the trustee to creditors.
Objective a measurable, definable accomplishment that furthers the goals of the organization.
Objective Coding The process of manually reviewing a document and completing database fields with easily ascertainable information about the document.
Objects In programming terminology, an object is a freestanding block of code that defines the properties of some thing.
Oblatio Tender of payment.
Obligation An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future…
OBRA Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act
Obstruction of Justice according to Black's law dictionary, obstruction of justice means "impeding or obstructing those who seek justice in a court, or those who have duties or…
Obtención de información y pruebas Obtención de información o datos pertinentes a una acción judicial por una de las partes de la misma de acuerdo con las reglas escritas.
obvious to try The validity of a patent can be challenged by attempting to show that what the inventor did would have been obvious to try based on the prior art, and…
Obviousness A characteristic that makes an invention predicable to a person having ordinary skill in the art who has knowledge of all of the prior art.
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers.
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) A technology process that translates and converts printed matter on an image into a format that a computer can manipulate (ASCII codes, for example) and…
OCR or 'Optical Character Recognition' The process of taking scanned images (from documents) and electronically converting them into editable text.
OCR Text Optical Character Recognition; searchable text that corresponds to a document image; an OCR software program designed to read a document image generates…
OED Office of Enrollment and Discipline
OEIP Office of Electronic Information Products
off-budget entities The budget authority, outlays, and receipts of certain Federal entities that have been excluded from budget totals under provisions of law.
Off-line Data The storage of electronic data outside the network in daily use (i.e., on backup tapes) that is only accessible through the off-line storage system, not…
Off-Line Storage Electronic records stored or archived on removable disc (optical, compact, etc.
Offender An individual who is required by statute to submit a sample for DNA analysis and databasing.
Offer to Sell An activity that can bar obtaining a patent in some jurisdictions if the activity occurs a sufficient period of time before a patent application on the…
Office in the context of actions or activities involving the USPTO this refers to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) itself
office action a letter from a trademark examining attorney setting forth the legal status of a trademark application.
Official Action See Action.
Official Gazette A publication of the USPTO in which new patents and trademarks are announced. Published weekly in two editions, one for patents and one for trademarks.
Official Record Owner See Record Owner.
Official reports The publication of cumulated court decisions of state or federal courts in advance sheets and bound volumes as provided by statutory authority.
Offline When computers and other devices are not connected to the network.
Oficina del juez El despacho privado de un juez.
OG Official Gazette - weekly publication of the USPTO that includes regular and special notices of the Office
OG - Patents Official Gazette eOG:P - weekly publication of the USPTO that permits you to browse issued patents and view important notices
OG - Trademarks Official Gazette eOG:T - weekly publication of the USPTO that includes marks that have been published for opposition.
OGC Office of General Counsel
OHIM Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
OHR Office of Human Resources
OIG see IG
OIIP Office of Independent Inventors Programs (prior), now part of the Inventors Assistance Center -- see Inventors Resources for more
OIPE Office of Initial Patent Examination
OJP EIN Number/Vendor Number This is your agency's nine-digit Federal tax identification number assigned to you by the IRS.
Old Application An application that, having been acted on by an Examiner, has, in turn, been acted on by the applicant. MPEP 203.03.
OLE Object Linking and Embedding. A feature in Microsofts Windows which allows each section of a compound document to call up its own editing tools or special…
OLIA (superceded) Office for Legislative and International Affairs - currently known as Administrator for External Affairs, comprised of Office of International Relations…
OMB Office of Management and Budget, a branch of The Executive Office of the President -- see OMB for more
On a person's own recognizance Release of a person from custody without the payment of any bail or posting of bond, upon the promise of the party to return to court.
On Sale See Offer to Sell.
On-Line Review The culling process produces a dataset of potentially responsive documents which are then reviewed for a final selection of relevant or responsive…
On-line Storage The storage of electronic data as fully accessible information in daily use on the network or elsewhere.
On-site Extraction The extraction of high volumes of data from backup tapes at a client site (no risk of loss of original evidence).
One-Year Grace Period The one-year period that starts on the date that an invention is used publicly, offered for sale, patented or published anywhere in the world during which…
Online When computers and other devices are connected to the network.
Online/On-Line Connected (to a network).
Onsite Extraction the extraction of high volumes of data from backup tapes at a client site (no risk of loss of original evidence) Ã¢ÂÂ RenewData patent-pending…
Onus Probandi The burden of proving.
Open for Public Inspection The date upon which a patent application is first made available to the public.
Open Proficiency Test an exam process/instrument where the analyst is aware that the sample is a proficiency test.
Opening Statement The initial statement made by attorneys or pro se litigant for each side, outlining the facts each intends to establish during the trial.
operating system Software which directs the overall activity of a computer (e.g. MS-DOS , Windows , Linux , etcetera).
Operating System (OS) The software that the rest of the software depends on to make the computer functional. On most PCs this is Windows or the Macintosh OS.
Operational A project is considered operational once the system is is fully functional or all civilians are hired and officers are realizing the maximum time savings…
Operations Manual a document stating procedures and protocols dealing with the day-to-day issues of ADFS business that does not deal directly with evidence or work product.
Opere citato (Abbr. op. cit.) In the work quoted.
OPF Official Personnel File
Opinion A judges written explanation of a decision of the court or of a majority of judges.
Opinion, Patentability An opinion offered by a patent agent or a patent attorney as to whether a claimed invention is likely to be deemed patentable by a patent office in view…
Opinion, Validity An opinion offered by a patent agent or a patent attorney as to whether the claims of an issued patent would likely be upheld by a court in view of the…
OPLA Office of Patent Legal Administration
OPM Office of Personnel Management - an agency of the U. S. Government
Opposition A procedure available in most countries (but not the U.S.) whereby a third party may request that a patent not issue or that an issued patent be…
opposition proceeding a proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in which the plaintiff seeks to prevent the issuance of a registration of a mark.
OPR Formerly, Office of Public Records; now known as Public Records Division (PRD)
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Optical character recognition is a technology which takes data from a paper document and turns it editable text data. The document is first scanned.
Optical Discs Computer media similar to a compact disc that cannot be rewritten. An optical drive uses a laser to read the stored data.
Optical Jukebox See Jukebox.
oral argument Presentation of an aspect of a case before a court by spoken argument; for example, at a motion calendar.
Orden de allanamiento, Orden de registro Orden emitida por un tribunal al establecer motivo fundado para registrar un lugar específico en busca de un artículo o artículos particulares.
Orden de desalojo o deshaucio Orden emitida cuando una sentencia ordena la transferencia de propiedad de una parte a otra.
Orden de sellar o cerrar Una orden judicial que manda a cerrar un archivo de modo que quede fuera del acceso del público.
Orden judicial Decreto judicial mediante el que se ordena realizar una cierta acción.
Orden judicial de detención por desacato o desobediencia Una orden judicial para el arresto de un demandado o acusado quien no se ha presentado ante el tribunal de acuerdo con lo exigido.
Orden Judicial de hacer o de abstenerse de un acto Orden judicial que le impone a una persona la obligación de hacer o de abstenerse de determinado acto o conducta.
Orden judicial para que se Fundamente una acción o pretensión Una orden judicial a una parte para que se presente ante el tribunal y exponga las razones por las cuales una sentencia particular no debe ser dictada.
Orden judicial que determina la incapacidad de un persona de pagar gastos legales Una orden judicial que determina que una persona no puede pagar los costos, honorarios y gastos…
Ordenar la realización o abstención de un acto Exigirle judicialmente a una persona que se abstenga de llevar a cabo un acto o que lo realice.
Order A written decision by the court (referee/judge) that something be done or not done This can range from an order that a case will be tried on a certain…
Ordinance A rule established by authority; may be a municipal statute of a city council, regulating such matters as zoning, building, safety, matters of…
ordinary skill in the art The level of technical knowledge, experience, and expertise possessed by the run-of-the-mill or ordinary engineer, scientist, or designer in the…
Organizational Custodian Business units, committees and other groups may create, modify and propagate ESI without clear individual ownership.
Organizational System Generated Custodian ESI generated from an enterprise application such as financial systems, dynamic monitoring systems and more may not have a clear Custodian.
Original Application "Original" is used in the patent statute and rules to refer to an application which is not a reissue application.