Patent Terms Glossary
Disclosure Document
Definition:
A document disclosing an invention, and signed by the inventor or inventors, that is forwarded to the USPTO only as evidence of the date of conception of the invention.
Generic Term
Definition:
Terms that the relevant purchasing public understands primarily as the common or class name for the goods or services.
Chapter I
Definition:
The first, mandatory phase under the Patent Cooperation Treaty that includes performance of an international-type search, issuance of an International Search Report.
Design Patent
Definition:
A type of patent covering the shape characteristics of an object
Mere Descriptiveness
Definition:
Statutory basis (Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(e)(1), TMEP 1209 et seq) for refusing registration of trademarks and service marks because the proposed mark merely describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature,
Appeal (trademark)
Definition:
An applicant who wants to contest a final refusal from an examining attorney may file an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Bookmark: 
Permalink: http://S-0.ORG/tZitZ5L
| Did You Know? |
|
Your invention may already be patented.
Public users may perform preliminary searches of patent information in a variety of formats including on-line, microfilm, and print at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Public Search Facility located in Alexandria, VA. State of the art computer workstations provide automated searching of patents issued from 1790 to the current week of issue. Full document text may be searched on U.S. patents issued since 1971 and OCR text from 1920 to 1970. U.S. patent images from 1790 to the present may be retrieved for viewing or printing. Some foreign patent documents are available.
|
Contact our Patent Professionals to ensure you complete the
patent filing process correctly or for violation of your patent rights.
|