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  1. ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) An all digital network which can carry data, video and voice.
  2. ISIS and TWAIN Scanner Drivers Specialized applications used for communication between scanners and computers.
  3. ISO International Standards Organization.
  4. ISO 9660 CD Format The International Standards Organization format for creating CD-ROMs that can be read worldwide.
  5. ISP (Internet Service Provider). A business that delivers access to the Internet.
  6. ISP (Internet Service Provider) A business that delivers access to the Internet.
  7. ISR International Search Report (Form PCT/ISA/210), produced by an International Searching Authority, is a report listing citations of published documents…
  8. Issue When a corporation offers a stock or bond for sale, or a government offers a bond, the security is known as an issue, and the company or government is the…
  9. issue date the date that a patent application becomes a US patent. The issue date is the date that patent rights can be exercised. U.S.
  10. Issue Fee The fee paid by an applicant a patent office prior to the granting of a patent. MPEP 1306.
  11. IT information technology
  12. IT (Information Technology) Infrastructure The overall makeup of business-wide technology operations, including mainframe operations, standalone systems, email, networks (WAN and LAN), internet…
  13. item veto Authority to veto part rather than all of an appropriations act. The President does not now have item-veto authority.
  14. ITU Intent to Use -- see MORE INFO
  15. J2EE Java 2 Enterprise Edition
  16. Janitor Program An application which runs at scheduled intervals to manage business information by deleting, transferring, or archiving on-line data (such as email) which…
  17. Java Sun Microsystems Java is a platform-independent, programming language for adding animation and other actions to websites.
  18. Jaz Drive A removable disc drive. A Jaz drive holds up to 2 GB of data. Commonly used for backup storage as well as everyday use.
  19. JCCT Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade
  20. Jencks Act materials The Jencks Act requires the government to give defense counsel any prior statements of witnesses testifying for the government in a criminal case.
  21. Jepson Claim A claim that contains in its preamble subject matter that is in the prior art. MPEP 2137.01.
  22. JMS Jukebox Management Software.
  23. Joinder The joining together of two or more offenses, or two or more defendants, in the same indictment for purposes of trial.
  24. joint administration A court-approved mechanism under which two or more cases can be administered together.
  25. Joint and several liability A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury, liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties…
  26. Joint Application an application in which the invention is presented as that of two or more persons -- see MPEP 201.02 and MPEP 605.07 for more; also joint inventor
  27. joint committee Committees including membership from both houses of Congress. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack…
  28. Joint custody a form of child custody that grants both parents joint legal custody, joint physical custody, or both joint legal custody and joint physical custody.
  29. Joint Invention An invention conceived by more than one person. See Inventor, Joint.
  30. joint inventor an inventor who is named with at least one other inventor in a patent application, wherein each inventor contributes to the conception of the invention…
  31. joint meeting An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate meet together to hear an address by various dignitaries, such as foreign leaders.
  32. joint petition One bankruptcy petition filed by a husband and wife together.
  33. joint resolution A legislative measure, designated "S. J. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, which requires the approval of both chambers and, with one…
  34. joint session When the House and Senate meet together to conduct formal business or to hear an address by the President of the United States.
  35. Joint tenancy See: tenancy.
  36. journal A chronological record of data processing operations that may be used to reconstruct a previous or an updated version of a file.
  37. journaling A function of e-mail systems (such as Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes) that copies sent and received items into a second information store for…
  38. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) An image compression standard for photographs.
  39. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) An image compression standard for photographs.
  40. jpg .jpg file type extension or JPEG - "Joint Photographic Experts Group" - is one of several digital image formats that are viewable in web browsers.
  41. JPO Japan Patent Office
  42. JPTOS Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society
  43. judge An official with the authority and responsibility to preside in a court, try lawsuits and make legal rulings. Judges are attorneys.
  44. Judge Request A written document containing the Housing Court case number and the name of the party asking that their case be heard by a District Court judge instead of…
  45. Judgment A legal decision; when requiring debt repayment, a judgment may include a property lien that secures the creditor's claim by providing a collateral source.
  46. Judgment as a matter of law In a case in which the plaintiff has failed to present on the facts of his case proper evidence for jury consideration, the trial judge may order the…
  47. Judgment debtor One who owes money as a result of a judgment in favor of a creditor.
  48. Judicial lien A lien created by order of a court, such as the lien of a judgment.
  49. Judicial review The authority of a court to review the official actions of other branches of government.
  50. Judiciary The branch of government invested with judicial power to interpret and apply the law; the court system; the body of judges.
  51. Judicium Judgment.
  52. Juicio nulo Un juicio inválido.
  53. Juke-Box Automated disc changer for high-performance, centralized storage for multifunction CDROMs & optical discs.
  54. Jukebox A mass storage device that holds optical discs and loads them into a drive.
  55. Jump Drive See Key Drive.
  56. Jurado Un cierto número de personas determinadas por ley que son juramentadas para investigar ciertos hechos.
  57. Jurat Certificate of person and officer before whom a writing is sworn to.
  58. Jurisdicción Las limitaciones geográficas y de “tipos de acciones judiciales” de un tribunal.
  59. Jurisdicción territorial de un tribunal El condado o área geográfica donde se puede conocer una causa.
  60. Jurisdiction (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same…
  61. Jurisdiction, Personal The power or authority of a court to hear and try a case with respect to an individual.
  62. Jurisdiction, Subject Matter The power or authority of a court to hear and try a case.
  63. jurisprudence The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
  64. juror A person who is on the jury.
  65. Jury A certain number of men and women selected according to law and sworn to try a question of fact or indict a person for public offense.
  66. Jury Administrator The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
  67. Jury Foreman The member of the jury, chosen first, acts as the chairman and spokesperson for the jury.
  68. jury instructions A judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the questions it must answer and the law governing the case.
  69. Jury poll After a jury verdict is returned but before it is officially recorded, the jury may be polled at the request of either party.
  70. jury pool The group of people from which the actual jury is chosen. The jury pool is randomly selected from a source such as voter registration banks.
  71. Jury selection The process by which the adversaries select a jury. The prosecutor and the defense attorney jointly select the jury by using challenges to eliminate those…
  72. Jus civile Civil law.
  73. Jus commune Common law.
  74. Jus divinum Divine law.
  75. Justice Department An executive branch agency with responsibilities in a wide range of areas bearing on the administration of justice.
  76. Justiciable Issues and claims capable of being properly examined in court.
  77. Kerning Adjusting the spacing between two letters.
  78. Key Drive A small removable data storage device that uses flash memory and connects via a USB port.
  79. Key Field Database fields used for document searches and retrieval.
  80. Key Individual Custodian A Key Individual Custodian holds direct knowledge and ESI critical to the matter and it is likely that the individual may be a designated witness with…
  81. Key Legacy Custodian A Key Legacy Custodian holds direct information and ESI critical to the matter.
  82. Key Non Party Custodian A Key Non Party Custodian holds direct knowledge/information and ESI critical to the matter and it is likely that the individual may be a designated…
  83. Key number system A research aid developed by West Publishing Company which classifies digests of cases into various law topics and subtopics which are given paragraph…
  84. Key Organizational Custodian A Key Organizational Custodian holds direct information and ESI critical to the matter.
  85. Key Third Party Custodian A Key Third Party Custodian holds direct knowledge/information and ESI critical to the matter and it is likely that the individual may be a designated…
  86. Keystroke Monitoring A form of user surveillance in which the actual character-by-character traffic (that user's keystrokes) are monitored, analyzed, and/or logged for future…
  87. Keyword Search A search for documents containing one or more words that are specified by a user.
  88. Keywords Words designated by a user as important for searching purposes.
  89. Kilobyte (K) One kilobyte of data is equal to one thousand bytes.
  90. Kilobyte (Kb) Approximately one thousand bytes of data is 1Kb of data.
  91. kind codes WIPO Standard ST. 16 codes (kind codes) include a letter, and in many cases a number, used to distinguish the kind of patent document (e.g.
  92. Knowledge-based Expert System A computer program that uses knowledge and inference procedures for solving a problem that is sufficiently difficult to require a significant amount of…
  93. Knowledgebase An organized repository of knowledge about a particular subject. For example, a set of U.S. patentability rules is a knowledgebase.
  94. Known sample biological material whose identity or type is established. An example of a known sample is a sample contributed by the close biological relative of a…
  95. Known Standard a specimen from an identified source acquired for the purpose of comparison with the evidence.
  96. Kofax Board The generic term for a series of image processing boards manufactured by Kofax Imaging Processing.
  97. Kokai An unexamined Japanese patent application.
  98. Kokoku An examined and allowed Japanese patent application.
  99. KSA knowledge, skills and abilities (job qualifications)
  100. Laboratory a facility (1) employing at least two full-time employees who are qualified DNA analysts and (2) having and maintaining the capability to perform the DNA…

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