Patent terms starting with F

27 terms

  1. failure of others A secondary test of patentability relevant to the issue of whether an invention is obvious is whether others have failed to come up with the solution…
  2. Federal Circuit See Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC or Fed. Cir.).
  3. Federal Regulations The regulations of the departments and agencies of the U.S. Federal Government as published in the Code of Federal Regulations.
  4. Fee, Filing The fee charged by a patent office for filing a patent application. MPEP 607, MPEP 509.
  5. Fee, Issue The fee charged by a patent office for issuing (granting) a patent. MPEP 1306, MPEP 509.
  6. Fee, Maintenance The periodic fee charge by the U.S. patent office for maintaining a patent in force. MPEP 2501, MPEP 2504, MPEP 509.
  7. Fee, Petition The fee charged by a patent office for reveiwing a petition filed by an applicant. MPEP 1002.
  8. Field of Endeavor The area of technology that an inventor invents within. Also called technical field or field of the invention. MPEP 608.01(c).
  9. Field of the Invention See Field of Endeavor.
  10. Field of Use The technical field or market within which an invention is licensed. The licensee mahy not sell the invention within other markets.
  11. field of use license A license to rights in intellectual property which is limited to a defined use.
  12. Figure Legend An explanations of what marks mean on a drawing. Patent drawings do not have legends.
  13. File History The complete file of a patent application containing all related papers prepared by the patent office and the applicant during the prosecution of the…
  14. file wrapper The folder into which papers for a particular application are collected and maintained.
  15. File Wrapper Estoppel A restriction in the interpretation of a claim that exists because of an admission in the record by the applicant.
  16. Filing Date This is the date a filer submits a financial disclosure report to the supervisor or senior legal counsel for review, usually the date the filer eSigns the…
  17. Filing Fee The fee required for filing various documents. In civil actions, the filing fee is $120.00.
  18. Final Action An Office action that contains a final rejection of one or more claims or another final action. See Final Rejection. MPEP 706.07, MPEP 706.07(a), MPEP 706.
  19. Final Rejection A rejection of a claim that is made final on a second or subsequent examination or consideration.
  20. First Action The first examination on the merits of the claims.
  21. First to File A system in which the first person to file a patent application on a patentable invention will be awarded a patent.
  22. First to Invent A system in which the first person to invent an invention will be awarded a patent. This system is used in the U.S. and in the Philippines. MPEP 2138.01.
  23. Foreign Filing Date The date a non-U.S. patent application was filed that establishes priority of invention. MPEP 201.13.
  24. Forfeited Application An allowed patent application on which the issue fee or a maintenance fee has not been paid within the proscribed period.
  25. fraud on the Patent and Trademark Office This is now frequently referred to as inequitable conduct. An applicant and the applicant's attorney have an obligation to acquaint the U.S.
  26. Frivolous Invention An invention that lacks utility because it is frivolous. MPEP 706.03(a).
  27. Front Page Drawing The drawing selected by the Examiner to appear on the front page of a U.S. patent.