Patent & trademark

Patent & trademark

Terms related to patent and trademark applications and infringement litigations. A patent is a form of intellectual property and associated rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time. A trademark, on the other hand, is a distinctive mark or name used by an individual or business organization to identify and distinguish its products or services from those of other entities.

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informal application

Legal services; Patent & trademark

an application that has been filed without one or more of the elements required to receive a filing date. The USPTO will return informal applications to applicants. Please see the entry for ...

national stage application

Legal services; Patent & trademark

an application which has entered the national phase of the Patent Cooperation Treaty by the fulfillment of certain requirements in a national Office, which is an authority entrusted with the granting ...

SMART (standards, mentor, attempt, review, transition)

Legal services; Patent & trademark

an informal development program used for USPTO's OCIO employees that identifies standards to work towards and establishes a mentoring relationship between managers and their employees who must meet ...

enforceability of patent

Legal services; Patent & trademark

the right of the patent owner to bring an infringement suit against a party who, without permission, makes, uses or sells the claimed invention. The period of enforceability of a patent is the length ...

international bureau (IB)

Legal services; Patent & trademark

the secretariat of the WIPO which, among other functions, centralizes information of various kinds relating to the protection of intellectual property.

application number (patent)

Legal services; Patent & trademark

the unique number assigned to a patent application when it is filed. The application number includes a two digit series code and a six digit serial number

canceled

Legal services; Patent & trademark

trademark registration is no longer active. It may be due to the registrant's failure to file the required continued use affidavit under Section 8 of the Trademark Act, to a cancellation proceeding ...