Patent Terms Glossary

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.

Defensive publication

Definition:
A publication and disclosure to the public of a pending patent application.

Claim

Definition:
The definition of the monopoly rights that the applicant is trying to obtain for the invention.

Notice of Allowability

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

Infringe

Definition:
To make, use or sell the patented item or process within the country covered by the patent, without permission or license from the patentee.

ISR

Definition:
International Search Report (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.

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