Patent Terms Glossary

Nonprovisional Patent Application

Definition:
An application for patent filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) that includes all patent applications (i.e., utility, design, plant, and reissue) except provisional applications.

Copyright

Definition:
The legal right granted to an author, editor or publisher of an article, chapter or complete work.

Joint Application

Definition:
An application in which the invention is presented as that of two or more persons.

Descriptive Mark

Definition:
A mark is considered merely descriptive if it describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose or use of the specified goods or services.

Electronic File Wrapper

Definition:
System that provides a way to access electronic copies of the correspondence, documents and other pertinent records used in considering a particular case.

Patent Application Publication

Definition:
Pre-Grant Publication of patent application at 18 months from priority date.

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