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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Original application

Legal services; Patent & trademark

Original is used in the patent statute and rules to refer to an application which is not a reissue application. An original application may be a first filing or a continuing application. provides ...

SB

Legal services; Patent & trademark

SB is used today as part of the label in our form designations (e.g., PTO/SB/05 ). The origin of this notation is a Specimen Book (no longer in use) that included all of the forms.

Supplemental register

Legal services; Patent & trademark

Secondary trademark register for the USPTO. It allows for registration of certain marks that are not eligible for registration on the Principal Register, but are capable of distinguishing an ...

Notice of allowability

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A notification to the patent applicant that the application has been placed in condition for allowance

Serial number

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A number assigned to a patent application when it is filed. A serial number is usually used together with a two digit series code to distinguish between applications filed at different times.

Drawing

Legal services; Patent & trademark

Patent drawings must show every feature of the invention as specified in the claims. Omission of drawings may cause an application to be considered incomplete but are only required if drawings are ...

Publication number

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A number assigned to the publication of patent applications filed on or after November 29, 2000. It includes the year, followed by a seven digit number, followed by a kind code. Example ...