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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canceled claim

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A claim that is canceled or deleted. "Canceled" is the status identifier that should be used when a claim is canceled in an application

dependent claim

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a claim that refers back to (depends on) and further limits a preceding dependent or independent claim. A dependent claim shall include every limitation of the claim from which it depends.

abstract of the disclosure

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A concise statement of the technical disclosure including that which is new in the art to which the invention pertains

continued prosecution application (CPA)

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a continuation or divisional application filed in a design application under 37 CFR 1.53(d). CPAs may no longer be filed in utility and plant patent applications, effective 14 July 2003.

file wrapper continuing application (FWC)

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a continuation, continuation-in-part, or divisional application filed under 37 CFR 1.62*, which uses the specification, drawings and oath or declaration from a prior nonprovisional application, which ...