- Industry: Legal services
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A patent application may be expressly abandoned by filing a written declaration of abandonment identifying the application in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Express abandonment becomes effective when an appropriate official of the Office takes action thereon. Express abandonment of the application may not be recognized by the USPTO before the date of issue or publication unless it is actually received by appropriate officials in time to act. Abandonment may be either of the invention or of an application. An abandoned application, in accordance with 37 CFR 1.135 and 1.138, is one which is removed from the USPTO docket of pending applications.
Industry:Legal services
a patent granted for an invention that unites existing components in a novel way
Industry:Legal services
a statement that the applicant or registrant does not claim the exclusive right to use a specified element or elements of the mark. The purpose of a disclaimer is to permit the registration of a mark that is registrable as a whole but contains matter that would not be registrable standing alone, without creating a false impression of the extent of the registrant’s right with respect to certain elements in the mark.
Industry:Legal services
a person residing within the United States who is appointed by a patentee or assignee of a trademark application or registration that does not reside in or is not domiciled within the United States. A domestic representative may be served process or notice of proceedings affecting the application, patent or trademark registration, or related rights.
Industry:Legal services
a proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in which the plaintiff seeks to cancel an existing registration of a mark. The proceeding may only be filed after issuance of a registration. A petition for cancellation may be filed by any person who believes that he or she is or will be damaged by the registration of the mark.
Industry:Legal services
a second application for the same invention claimed in a prior nonprovisional application and filed before the first application becomes abandoned or patented
Industry:Legal services
a system that provides a way to access electronic copies of the correspondence, documents and other pertinent records used in considering a particular case
Industry:Legal services
a system used by patent examiners within the USPTO
Industry:Legal services
a trademark or service mark used, or intended to be used, in commerce, by the members of a cooperative, an association, or other collective group or organization, including a mark that indicates membership in a union, an association, or other organization.
Industry:Legal services
formal assignment to another of the right to legally act on your behalf
Industry:Legal services
