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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Patent & trademark

Patent and trademark depository library

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A library designated by the USPTO to receive copies of patents, CD-ROMs containing registered and pending marks, and patent and trademark materials that are made available to the public for free. The ...

Applicant

Legal services; Patent & trademark

Inventor or joint inventors who are applying for a patent on their own invention, or the person mentioned in 37 CFR 1.42, 1.43 or 1.47 who is applying for a patent in place of the inventor.

Suggestive mark

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A mark that, when applied to the goods or services at issue, requires imagination, thought or perception to reach a conclusion as to the nature of those goods or services

Design patent

Legal services; Patent & trademark

May be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture

Withdrawn claim

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A non-elected claim. Withdrawn is the status identifier that should be used for claims that were not elected (chosen by the applicant to remain under consideration) in response to a restriction ...

Certificate of registration

Legal services; Patent & trademark

Official document from the USPTO evidencing that a mark has been registered.

World Intellectual Property organisation (WIPO)

Legal services; Patent & trademark

An intergovernmental organisation of the United Nations system. WIPO is responsible for the promotion of the protection of intellectual property throughout the world and for the administration of ...