- Industry: Legal services
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a patent application publication that omits material that was present in the specification or claims of the nonprovisional patent application filed in the USPTO. See 37 CFR 1.217 and MPEP 1132 for more information.
Industry:Legal services
a patent examiner who is fully authorized to sign office actions (signatory authority) regarding patentability
Industry:Legal services
A patent family is the same invention disclosed by a common inventor(s) and patented in more than one country.
Industry:Legal services
A phrase that often appears on manufactured items. It means that someone has applied for a patent on an invention that is contained in the manufactured item. It serves as a warning that a patent may issue that would cover the item and that copiers should be careful because they might infringe if the patent issues. Once the patent issues, the patent owner will stop using the phrase "patent pending" and start using a phrase such as "covered by U.S. Patent Number XXXXXXX." Applying the patent pending phrase to an item when no patent application has been made can result in a fine.
Industry:Legal services
a position classification for USPTO employees charged with docketing cases and other administrative processing that support the workflow and examination of applications
Industry:Legal services
a reference work on the practices and procedures relative to prosecution of applications to register marks in the USPTO. It contains guidelines for USPTO examining attorneys, trademark applicants and owners, and attorneys and representatives for trademark applicants and owners. The TMEP contains information about the trademark examination process, and outlines the procedures which examining attorneys are required or authorized to follow in the examination of trademark applications.
Industry:Legal services
a registered patent attorney/agent is assigned a registration number that they must include on patent correspondence and forms when representing others before the USPTO; individual applicants do not have a registration number and should leave this field blank on patent forms.
Industry:Legal services
A request by the holder of an international trademark registration for an extension of protection of the registration to additional Contracting Parties.
Industry:Legal services
a request filed in an application in which prosecution is closed (e.g., the application is under final rejection or a notice of allowance) that is filed to reopen prosecution and continue examination of the application
Industry:Legal services
