Patent Terms Glossary

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which the patent office has not yet decided whether to reject or to grant a patent application, and it has not yet been withdrawn

Registration

Definition:
Federal registration of trademarks involves the establishment of rights in a mark based on legitimate use of the mark. Although federal registration of trademarks is not required to use a trademark.

Contracting Party

Definition:
A country or intergovernmental organization that is a member of the Madrid Protocol.

Registration Number

Definition:
A registered patent attorney/agent is assigned a registration number that they must include on patent correspondence and forms when representing others before the USPTO.

DiD

Definition:
Defense in depth - multiple layers of security to provide added protection to IT resources.

Author

Definition:
Writer of an article, chapter or other complete work.

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