Patent Terms Glossary

Design Patent

Definition:
A type of patent covering the shape characteristics of an object

Patentable

Definition:
Suitable to be patented; entitled by law to be protected by the issuance of a patent.

ISR

Definition:
International Search Report (Form PCT/ISA/210), produced by an International Searching Authority, is a report listing citations of published documents that might affect the patentability of the invention.

Classification

Definition:
Patents are classified (organized) in the U.S. by a system using a 3 digit class and a 3 digit subclass to describe every similar grouping of patent art.

Bio-sequence Listings

Definition:
A document that must be included only if a nucleotide or amino acid sequence is part of the invention.

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.

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