Patent Terms Glossary
Provisional Patent Application
Definition: A provisional application for patent is a U. S. national application for patent filed in the USPTO under 35 U.S.C. § 111(b). It allows filing without a formal patent claim, oath or declaration, or any information disclosure (prior art) statement.
Arbitrary Marks
Definition: Comprise words that are in common linguistic use but, when used to identify particular goods or services, do not suggest or describe a significant ingredient.
Utility Patent
Definition: May be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new, useful, and nonobvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.
eTEAS
Definition: Electronic Trademark Examination Application System - electronic trademark filing system. It allows the public to complete various trademark filings and transactions on-line.
Administrative Instructions
Definition: Set out the provisions and requirements in relation to the filing and processing of the international (patent) application under the PCT.
Substitute Patent Application
Definition: 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.
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A patent for an invention is a grant of property rights by the U.S. Government through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent grant excludes others from making, using, or selling the invention in the United States. The terms "Patent Pending" and "Patent Applied For" are used to inform the public that an application for a patent has been filed. Patent protection does not start until the actual grant of a patent. Marking of an article as patented, when it is not, is illegal and subject to penalty.
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