Терминология, используемая при подаче заявки на патент и регистрации права на изобретение. Техническое описание с формулой изобретения, рефератом и чертежами.
| election (pct) | The filing of the demand constitutes the election of all the contracting states which are designated and are bound by chapter ii and in which applicant intends to use the results of the internatio... |
| electronic file | The electronic file record in which the uspto maintains patent application documents is referred to as an image file wrapper. the electronic file record is the official record of the patent applic... |
| electronic file wrapper | A system that provides a way to access electronic copies of the correspondence, documents and other pertinent records used in considering a particular case |
| electronic system for trademark trials and appeals (estta) | System used to submit all filings for trademark trial and appeal board (ttab) proceedings |
| electronic trademark assignment system (etas) | System used to submit trademark assignments and ownership change documents for name changes or when your trademark has been transferred to a new owner. we use etas submissions to update your appli... |
| enforceability of patent | - The right of the patent owner to bring an infringement suit against a party who, without permission, makes, uses or sells the claimed invention. the period of enforceability of a patent is the...
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| epas | Electronic patent assignment system. |
| ex parte reexamination | - At any time during the enforceability of a patent any person may file a request for the uspto to conduct a second examination of any claim of the patent on the basis of prior art patents or pr...
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| examination copy | A copy of an international application filed under the patent cooperation treaty maintained by the international preliminary examining authority. |
| examiner’s amendment (patent) | An amendment which may be used by an examiner to correct informalities in the specification or errors and omissions in the claims of a patent application. |
| examiner`s amendment | Amendment to a trademark application made by an examining attorney to speed up the examination process. applicants give permission to make the amendment in advance, typically through email or over... |
| examining attorney | An attorney at the uspto who reviews trademark applications to determine if they meet the legal requirements for federal registration. |
| excusable nonuse | Lapse in a trademark registrant`s use of their trademark in commerce for specific goods or services due to special circumstances, which must be approved by the uspto for the trademark owner to kee... |
| expedited examination of design applications | A procedure for expedited examination of a design application also known as the rule applicable to expedited examination is 37 cfr 1.155. |
| expired (patent) | A patent that is no longer in force due to the termination of its patent term or for failure to timely pay a maintenance fee. if the most recent maintenance fee due has not been paid and the `paym... |
| expired registration | Trademark registration that’s no longer active, so the owner no longer benefits from the rights that come with a federal registration. this happens when the registrant fails to file registration m... |
| express abandonment | A patent application may be expressly abandoned by filing a written declaration of abandonment identifying the application signed by an authorized party under 37 cfr 1.33(b)(1) or (b)(3) in the un... |
| express mail (patent) | Effective july 28, 2013, the united states postal service (usps) changed the name of “express mail” to “priority mail express®.” all characteristics of the “priority mail express®” service are the... |
| fanciful trademark | Trademark consisting of invented words that only have meaning in relation to their goods or services. |
| fasab | Federal accounting standards advisory board. |
| fastener quality act (fqa) | Requirement that manufacturers of certain fasteners, such as metallic bolts used in airplanes, meet strict quality standards and requirements, that the fasteners bear a readable and permanent insi... |
| federal registration | A trademark that has registered on one of the two federal registers, the principal register or the supplemental register. |
| ffmia | Federal financial management improvement act. |
| ficc | Federal identity credentialing committee. |
| filing basis | Legal basis for filing an application to register a trademark. we accept trademark applications based on: |
| filing receipt | Email confirmation that the uspto received a filing you submitted in the trademark electronic application system (teas). |
| filing receipt (patent) | A correspondence mailed to the attorney or agent, if any, otherwise to the applicant, at the correspondence address of record for each application filed which meets the minimum requirements to rec... |
| final office action | Office action that restates outstanding issues that an applicant couldn`t overcome in their response to a previous office action. when an applicant receives a final office action, they can attempt... |
| final office action (final rejection) | An office action on the second or any subsequent examination or consideration by an examiner that is intended to close the prosecution of a non-provisional patent application. |
| fisma | Federal information security management act. |
| fmfia | Federal managers financial integrity act. |
| foreign priority claim | Under certain conditions and on fulfilling certain requirements, an application for patent filed in the united states may be entitled to the benefit of the filing date of a prior application filed... |
| foreign registration basis | Legal basis you can use to file a u.s. trademark application if you have a foreign registration in your country of origin for the same trademark with the same goods and services. this filing basis... |
| gicp | General information concerning patents |
| hague agreement | Refers to the geneva act of the hague agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs adopted at geneva, switzerland, on july 2, 1999. the united states became a contract... |
| hague agreement regulations | Refers to the common regulations under the 1999 act and the 1960 act of the hague agreement. |
| having | A transitional phrase used when defining the scope of a claim. transitional phrases such as “having” must be interpreted in light of the specification to determine whether open or closed claim lan... |
| home copy | A copy of an international application filed under the patent cooperation treaty maintained by the receiving office where the international application was filed. |
| ifw | Image file wrapper |
| image file wrapper | An electronic system for storage and maintenance of records associated with patent applications. all applications are electronically scanned and loaded into the image file wrapper system upon fili... |
| incontestable trademark | A registered trademark that can only be canceled for very limited reasons. trademark owners can file a form to declare incontestability if their trademark meets certain requirements, such as conti... |
| informal application | Trademark application that`s been filed but doesn`t meet the requirements to receive a filing date. informal applications are returned to the applicant and not examined. |
| information disclosure statement (ids) | A list of all patents, publications, u.s. applications, or other information submitted for consideration by the office in a non-provisional patent application to comply with the duty to disclose t... |
| intent to use basis | Legal basis you can use to file a trademark application if you haven`t started using your trademark in commerce but have a bona fide intention to do so. your trademark cannot actually be registere... |
| inter partes reexamination | The inter partes reexamination statute and rules permit any third party requester to request, prior to september 16, 2012, inter partes reexamination of a patent which issued from an original appl... |
| inter partes review | A trial proceeding conducted at the patent trial and appeal board to review the patentability of one or more claims in a patent only on a ground that could be raised under §§ 102 or 103, and only ... |
| international application (patents) | An application for patent filed under the patent cooperation treaty. |
| international application (trademarks) | Allows a trademark owner to seek registration in any of the countries that have joined the madrid protocol by filing a single application |
| international application number | The unique number assigned to a patent application when it is filed, consisting of a three-letter code pct, a slant, the two letter code of the receiving office, a four digit year indicating the y... |
| international class (ic) | Numbered class within the international system for classifying goods and services. this system categorizes goods and services into classes according to the purpose or function. |
| international design application | An application filed under the hague agreement. |
| international preliminary report on patentability (chapter i of the pct) | A preliminary, non-binding report on whether the claimed invention appears to be patentable. it is issued by the international bureau on behalf of the international searching authority under chapt... |
| international preliminary report on patentability (chapter ii of the pct) | A preliminary, non-binding opinion, established by the international preliminary examining authority on the request of the applicant, on the questions whether the claimed invention appears to be n... |
| international publication number | A number assigned to each published international application consisting of the two-letter code wo followed by a four-digit indication of the year of publication, a slant, and a six-digit serial n... |
| international trademark association (inta) | Global association of brand owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and complementary intellectual property. |
| ipea | International preliminary examining authority - either a national office or an intergovernmental organization whose tasks include the establishment of international preliminary reports on patentab... |
| iper | International preliminary examination report (form pct/ipea/409) - produced by an international preliminary examining authority, is a preliminary and non-binding opinion on whether the invention c... |
| ipla | International patent legal administration (formerly pct legal administration) - educates and assists the patent community, develops policy and resolves legal issues relating to the patent cooperat... |
| ipr (patent) | Inter partes review |
| j2ee | Java® 2 platform, enterprise edition. |
| jcct | Joint commission on commerce and trade - an expansive annual dialogue, usually held in the late fall, that addresses commercial and trade issues between the u.s. and china. jcct is co-chaired by t... |
| jptos | Journal of the patent and trademark office society - a quarterly-published journal writing on topics of patents, trademarks, and copyrights. |
| kind codes | Wipo standard st. 16 codes (kind codes) include a letter, and in many cases a number, used to distinguish the kind of patent document (e.g., publication of an application for a utility patent (pat... |
| kipo | Korean intellectual property office. |
| ksa | Knowledge, skills, and abilities (as pertaining to job qualifications). |
| live application or registration | Active application or registration, which can be used to bar registration of a trademark in a new application if the trademarks conflict. |
| madrid protocol | The "protocol relating to the madrid agreement concerning the international registration of marks" (madrid protocol) is an international treaty that allows a trademark owner to seek registration i... |
| madrid protocol basis | Legal basis that allows trademark owners to use the madrid international trademark system to apply for a u.s. registration. this system allows trademark owners to register and manage trademarks wo... |
| maintenance fees | - Fees for maintaining in force a patent based on a utility patent application filed on or after december 12, 1980.
- See renewal fees.
- Periodic payments required to keep a p...
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| markush doctrine | When materials recited in a claim are so related as to constitute claiming the members of the claimed group in the alternative, such as "selected from the group consisting of a, b and c." |
| mask work | A series of related images, however fixed or encoded — (1) having or representing the predetermined, three-dimensional pattern of metallic, insulating, or semiconductor material present or removed... |
| material alteration | Amending the drawing of a trademark to the point that it no longer creates the impression of being essentially the same as the trademark in your initial application or registration. amendments tha... |
| mere descriptiveness | The grounds for refusing to register a trademark because it merely describes some aspect of the goods or services without identifying or distinguishing the source of those goods or services. |
| micro entity | An applicant for patent that enjoys a 75% reduction in certain patent fees upon establishing micro entity status, either by certifying a gross income below a prescribed limit (see form pto/sb/15a)... |
| mpep | Manual of patent examining procedure. |
| multiple dependent claim | - Generally, a multiple dependent claim is a dependent claim which refers back in the alternative to more than one preceding independent or dependent claim.
- A dependent patent claim t...
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| national stage application | An international application filed under the patent cooperation treaty that enters the national phase of processing in a designated or elected office. in the united states, a national stage applic... |
