Patent Terms Glossary
Comprising
Definition: A transitional phrase that is synonymous with means the same thing as inclusive or open-ended and does not exclude additional, unrecited elements or method steps.
Pending
Definition: The period in which the patent office has not yet decided whether to reject or to grant a patent application, and it has not yet been withdrawn
OACS
Definition: Office Action Correspondence System - used by patent examiners to generate office actions.
Amendment To Allege Use
Definition: A sworn statement signed by the applicant or a person authorized to sign on behalf of the applicant attesting to use of the mark in commerce.
Author
Definition: Writer of an article, chapter or other complete work.
Design Patent
Definition: May be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.
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For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, utility and plant patents are granted for a term which begins with the date of the grant and usually ends 20 years from the date you first applied for the patent subject to the payment of appropriate maintenance fees. Design patents last 14 years from the date you are granted the patent. Note: Patents in force on June 8 and patents issued thereafter on applications filed prior to June 8, 1995 automatically have a term that is the greater of the twenty year term discussed above or seventeen years from the patent grant.
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