Patent terms starting with S

21 terms

  1. search See Compliance Search, Concept Search, Contextual Search, Boolean Search, Full-Text Search, Fuzzy Search, Index, Keyword Search, Pattern Recognition…
  2. Search Report A report containing a list of citations of prior art references that, in the opinion of the searcher, are material to the patentability of a claimed…
  3. Secondary Considerations Objective evidence of non-obviousness. MPEP 2141, MPEP 716.01(a).
  4. Sequence Rules Rules promulgated by a patent office that concern the form of disclosures of inventions that contain nucleotide sequence data and/or amino acid sequence…
  5. Serial Number a number assigned to a patent application when it is filed. A serial number is usually used together with a two digit series code to distinguish between…
  6. service mark Not every business opportunity must be registered with the Department of Banking under the Connecticut Business Opportunity Investment Act.
  7. SIR a published statutory invention registration contains the specification and drawings of a regularly filed nonprovisional application for a patent without…
  8. skill in the art An ordinary level of proficiency in a particular technology in which an invention is made.
  9. Small Entity for purposes of small entity determination per MPEP 509.02 - means an independent inventor, a small business concern, or a nonprofit organization eligible…
  10. Special Status A status granted U.S. patent applications that have certain characteristics upon successful petition to the USPTO.
  11. specification a written description of the invention and the manner and process of making and using the same -- see MPEP 608.01 for more
  12. Status The legal standing of a patent appplication or patent. MPEP 102.
  13. Statutory Bar A bar to patentability established by law. MPEP 2133.
  14. Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) Registration of an invention with the USPTO to place an invention in the public domain.
  15. Statutory Period The period within which a response be filed with the USPTO if abandonment of the application is to be avoided. MPEP 710.01, MPEP 710.01(a), MPEP 710.
  16. Statutory Subject Matter Patentable subject matter. MPEP 2105.
  17. Substantive Examination The examination of a patent application by a patent office to determine whether a patent should be granted on the claimed invention.
  18. Substitute Patent Application an application which is in essence a duplicate of a prior (earlier filed) application by the same applicant abandoned before the filing of the substitute…
  19. Substitute Specification A rewritten specification of a patent application filed after the filing date of the application that corrects some error but that does not introduce new…
  20. Surrender of Patent An act that occurs concurently with the filing of a reissue patent application in the USPTO. MPEP 1416.
  21. Swearing Back of Reference Removing a reference (e.g., publication) from the prior art by providing evidence to the USPTO that either (1) conception of the invention occurred prior…