Patent Terms Glossary

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.

Author

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

DTD

Definition:
Document type definition - a format specification file that accompanies documents prepared according to SGML (standard generalized markup language), including XML (extensible markup language).

Mere Descriptiveness

Definition:
Statutory basis (Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(e)(1), TMEP 1209 et seq) for refusing registration of trademarks and service marks because the proposed mark merely describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature,

Assignor

Definition:
The owner of record of a patent application, patent, trademark application or trademark registration who is transferring ownership to another entity (assignee)

Claim

Definition:
The definition of the monopoly rights that the applicant is trying to obtain for the invention.

Bookmark:           
Permalink:  http://S-0.ORG/tSotZ5L

Contact our Patent Professionals to ensure you complete the patent filing process correctly or for violation of your patent rights.