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 application locating and monitoring system (PALM)

Legal services; Patent & trademark

An internal USPTO system that is the source of status information displayed in PAIR

Confirmation number

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A four-digit number that is assigned to each newly filed patent application. The confirmation number, in combination with the application number, is used to verify the accuracy of the application ...

File wrapper continuing application (FWC)

Legal services; Patent & trademark

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 ...

Non-responsive amendment

Legal services; Patent & trademark

An amendment filed by the applicant that does not fully respond to the examiner's office action in accordance with 37 CFR 1.111

Continuing application

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A continuation, divisional, or continuation-in-part patent application

Dead

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A dead or abandoned status for a trademark application means that specific application is no longer under prosecution within the USPTO, and would not be used as a bar against your filing. It does not ...

Substitute patent application

Legal services; Patent & trademark

An application which is in essence a duplicate of a prior (earlier filed) application by the same applicant abandoned before the filing of the substitute (later filed) application; a substitute ...