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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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Forms
Legal services; Patent & trademark
Forms are provided as either official or unofficial (optional) formats to facilitate providing all information required to initiate desired procedures or respond to official procedural ...
International search report (ISR)
Legal services; Patent & trademark
(Form PCT/ISA/210), produced by an International Searching Authority, is a report listing citations of published documents that might affect the patentability of the invention claimed in an ...
Classification of goods and services
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Goods and services are classified by an international system, according to international treaties to which the United States is a signatory. All goods and services included in trademark applications ...
Independent claim
Legal services; Patent & trademark
A claim that does not refer back to or depend on another claim.
Disclosure
Legal services; Patent & trademark
In return for a patent, the inventor gives as consideration a complete revelation (describes it) or disclosure of the invention for which protection is sought.
Multiple dependent claim
Legal services; Patent & trademark
A dependent claim which further limits and refers back in the alternative to more than one preceding independent or dependent claim. Acceptable multiple dependent claims shall refer to preceding ...
Initial data capture (IDC)
Legal services; Patent & trademark
Initial data capture is the first phase of the publication process for a patent where the patent file is electronically captured. It takes approximately 6 weeks from the date that the allowed file is ...
