Patent Terms Glossary
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.
Fanciful Marks
Definition: Comprise terms that have been invented for the sole purpose of functioning as a trademark or service mark.
Reexamination Proceeding
Definition: 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 printed publications.
Workflow Incoming Amendment IFW
Definition: From Public PAIR/IFW - designates the point in time when an amendment is received in the Office and the paper scanning process may be started at the USPTO; does not indicate whether scanning has actually started.
OG - Patents
Definition: Official Gazette eOG:P - weekly publication of the USPTO that permits you to browse issued patents and view important notices.
Copyrights
Definition: Protect works of authorship, such as writings, music, and works of art that have been tangibly expressed. The Library of Congress registers copyrights which last for the life of the author plus 70 years.
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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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