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1001. double patenting An inventive entity cannot obtain claims in two patents directed either to the same invention or to an obvious variation of the same invention.
1002. Double Patenting Rejection A rejection of a patent claim on the grounds that it is an improper attempt to obtain more than one patent on the same invention or on an obvious variant…
1003. DoublePatenting An improper attempt to obtain more than one patent on the same invention or on an obvious variant of the same invention. MPEP 804, MPEP 804.01, MPEP 804.
1004. DPI (Dots Per Inch) The measurement of the resolution of display in printing systems. A typical CRT screen provides 96 dpi, which provides 9,216 dots per square inch (96x96).
1005. Draft Record A draft record is a preliminary version of a record before it has been completed, finalized, accepted, validated or filed.
1006. Drag-and-Drop The movement of on-screen objects by dragging them with the mouse, and dropping them in another place.
1007. DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory, a memory technology which is periodically refreshed or updated as opposed to static RAM chips which do not require…
1008. Drawing Patent drawings must show every feature of the invention as specified in the claims.
1009. Drift, Analytical the systematic or scientific variability in a method, test, or procedure where results gradually deviate from the norm or the expected range.
1010. Drive Geometry A computer hard drive is made up of a number of rapidly rotating platters that have a set of read/write heads on both sides of each platter.
1011. driver A driver is a computer program that controls various devices such as the keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc.
1012. DRM data reference model - also known as a "data and information reference model" - describes the data and information that support program and line…
1013. Drug Chemistry Section the discipline responsible for the analyzes of any substance seized under the state’s laws restricting the sale, manufacture, distribution and use of…
1014. Drug Court At least one third of the cases that have been presented in Superior Court over the last few years have been cases involving drugs.
1015. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) A federal law enforcement agency with primary responsibility for investigating drug cases. The DEA is part of the Justice Department.
1016. drug identification / toxicology Toxicology is the study of substances that are harmful to humans. Toxicologists examine body fluids and organs for the presence of poisons, alcohol, and…
1017. Drug Standards Inventory the physical accounting of drug standards used in the Chemistry and Toxicology Sections.
1018. DSP (Digital Signal Processor/Processing) A special purpose computer (or technique) which digitally processes signals and electrical/analog waveforms.
1019. DTD document type definition - a format specification file that accompanies documents prepared according to SGML (standard generalized markup language)…
1020. DTP (Desktop Publishing) PC applications used to prepare direct print output or output suitable for printing presses.
1021. Duces Tecum Bring with you.
1022. Duda razonable Una duda acerca de la culpabilidad de un individuo que tendría una persona razonable al terminar un juicio.
1023. due diligence terms An investigation undertaken in the course of an intellectual property transaction to verify and determine the ownership and scope of intellectual property…
1024. Due process The notion, grounded in the Fifth and Fourteenth amendments to the U. S. Constitution, of rights in most court and administrative proceedings to receive…
1025. Due process of law The right of all persons to receive the guarantees and safeguards of the law and the judicial process.
1026. Duplex A dwelling divided into two units.
1027. Duplex Scanners vs. Double-Sided Scanning Duplex scanners automatically scan both sides of a doublesided page, producing two images at once.
1028. Durante Pending or during.
1029. Durante vita During life.
1030. Duty a responsibility, task, etc., required by or relating to one’s occupation or position.
1031. Duty of Disclosure everyone involved in the patent process at any time - both during the procurement period and during potential litigation or re-examination - must disclose…
1032. DVD (Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) A plastic disc, like a CD, on which data can be written and read. DVDs are faster, can hold more information, and can support more data formats than CDs.
1033. Dynamic De-duplication RenewData's proprietary dynamic de-duplication technology handles large volumes of information and ensures that unique meta-data and original content are…
1034. E pluribus unum One out of many; one composed of many (the motto of the United States, one government formed of many states).
1035. e-Commerce electronic commerce
1036. e-Discovery The collection, preparation, review and production of electronic documents in litigation discovery.
1037. e-Discovery Amendments or Electronic Discovery Amendments Amendments to the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which became effective on December 1, 2006.
1038. e-Gov electronic government
1039. e-mail Electronic mail or computer-based mail
1040. E-mail Message Store. A top most e-mail message store is the location in which an e-mail system stores its data.
1041. EA enterprise architecture
1042. EAI enterprise application integration
1043. EAST Examiner Automated Search Tools - a system used by patent examiners within the USPTO
1044. EBC Electronic Business Center - includes links to Patents EBC and Trademarks EBC a web page containing hyperlinks to all online systems for conducting…
1045. ECM Enterprise content management.
1046. eComm electronic commerce portal
1047. eDAN Electronic Desktop Application Navigator
1048. EDD (Electronic Data Discovery) The process of gathering, reviewing and producing of documents in electronic format.
1049. EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) Eliminating forms altogether by encoding the data as close as possible to the point of the transaction; automated business information exchange.
1050. EDMS (Electronic Document Management System) A system to electronically manage documents during all life cycles. See Electronic Document Management.
1051. EDS Enterprise Directory Services
1052. EDW Enterprise Data Warehouse
1053. Effective Date The date on which an insurance policy becomes effective.
1054. EFP Electronic Filing Partnership
1055. EFS Electronic Filing System (for patent applications) supports secure electronic filing of Patent application documents via the Internet
1056. EFS-ABX Electronic Filing System � Application Body eXtensible Markup Language authoring tool (for patent applications); superceded by EFS-Web
1057. EFS-Web Electronic Filing System - web-based filing using PDF files See About EFS-Web for more
1058. EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
1059. EGA (Extended Graphics Adapter) See VGA.
1060. EIA Electronic Industries Association EIM
1061. EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) One of the standard buses used for PCs.
1062. Ejecución de fallo referente a ingresos Un método para cumplir con un fallo judicial mediante el embargo de una parte del sueldo del demandado
1063. Ejecución hipotecaria Un procedimiento mediante el cual un acreedor hipotecario (generalmente un banco) busca adquirir el título de la propiedad del deudor hipotecario (por…
1064. Election The choice by the applicant of the invention to be prosecuted and, hence, the claims to be examined. MPEP 818, MPEP 809.02(a), MPEP 809.02(b), MPEP 818.
1065. election (PCT) an indication made by applicant, in the Demand for an International Application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, as to the Contracting States in…
1066. Electronic Discovery The process of collecting (also called harvesting), preparing, reviewing, and producing electronic documents in the context of the legal process These…
1067. Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Glossary The EDRM Glossary for electronic discovery is a working compilation of key terms gathered from member organizations of the EDRM, including RenewData, and…
1068. Electronic Document Management For paper documents, involves imaging, indexing/coding and archiving of scanned documents/images, and thereafter electronically managing them during all…
1069. Electronic Evidence According to Black's law dictionary, evidence is 'any species of proof, or probative matter, legally presented at the trial of an issue, by the act of…
1070. Electronic File Processing Generally includes extraction of metadata from files, identification of duplicates/de-duplication and rendering of data into delimited format.
1071. electronic file wrapper a system that provides a way to access electronic copies of the correspondence, documents and other pertinent records used in considering a particular case
1072. Electronic Image An electronic or digital picture of a document (e.g. TIFF, PDF, etc.).
1073. Electronic Image Management (EIM) A term coined to indicate the creation, management and structure of electronic images (TIF, PDF, GIF, JPG, etc.) within an organization.
1074. Electronic Mail (Email) Electronic communication generally in the form of text messages.
1075. Electronic Mail Message Commonly referred to as e-mail, an electronic mail message is a document created or received via an electronic mail system, including brief notes, formal…
1076. Electronic Record Information recorded in a form that requires a computer or other machine to process it and that otherwise satisfies the definition of a record.
1077. Electronic Search In the context of e-Discovery, the ability to access all litigation documents in searchable electronic form and use selected keywords to find applicable…
1078. Electrophoresis a technique for the separation of charged molecules by migration on a support medium under the influence of an electrical charge.
1079. Electrostatic Printing Paper is exposed to electron charge. Toner sticks to the charged pixels.
1080. element (EH-leh-ment) A basic part of a whole. In chemistry, refers to a simple substance that cannot be broken down into smaller parts or changed into another…
1081. Element of Claim A (usually indented) portion of the body of a patent claim that describes a feature of an invention and that interrelates the feature with the other…
1082. Elements of a Crime If you were to take a criminal statute and break it down into each of the parts that the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, each part…
1083. Em In any print, font or size is equal to the width of the letter M in that font and size.
1084. Email the whole of an electronic document containing the message envelope and message content (attachments, etc.).
1085. Email address An electronic mail address. Internet email addresses follow the formula user- ID@domain-name; other email protocols may use different address formats.
1086. Email Message Store A top most e-mail message store is the location in which an e-mail system stores its data.
1087. Email Metadata Data stored in the email about the email. Often this data is not even viewable in the email client application used to create the email.
1088. Email String A series of emails linked together by email responses or forwards. The series of email messages created through multiple responses and answers to an…
1089. Embargo de créditos o bienes en posesión de terceros Método para hacer cumplir el pago de una deuda pendiente, mediante el embargo de bienes o créditos del deudor que se encuentran en manos de un tercero.
1090. Embodiment a manner in which an invention can be made, used, practiced or expressed
1091. Emeritus Retired from official active duties.
1092. Eminent Domain When a government takes private property for public use. The owner receives payment for its fair market value.
1093. en banc "In the bench" or "full bench." Refers to court sessions with the entire membership of a court participating rather than the usual quorum. U.S.
1094. En Relación con una única parte Por o a instancia de una unica parte, en un juicio o procedimiento, sin la presencia de la otra parte.
1095. Enablement Support within a disclosure of a claimed invention. Enablement occurs when a person skilled in th art to which the invention pertains is taught how to…
1096. enacted Once legislation has passed both chambers of Congress in identical form, been signed into law by the President, become law without his signature, or…
1097. Encabezamiento El encabezamiento de una presentación (pleading) o del expediente de un juicio, indicando las partes, el tribunal, el número del caso y otros datos…
1098. Encryption A procedure that renders the contents of a message or file unintelligible to anyone not authorized to read it.
1099. encryption key A data value that is used to encrypt and decrypt data. The number of bits in the encryption key is a rough measure of the encryption strength; generally…
1100. Encyclopedia A book or series of books arranged alphabetically by topics containing information on specific areas of law.