Patent Terms Glossary
USPTO
Definition:
United States Patent and Trademark Office, designation became effective April 3, 2000; a result of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999.
Embodiment
Definition:
A manner in which an invention can be made, used, practiced or expressed
Contracting State
Definition:
A national Office or an intergovernmental organization which is party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
Joint Inventor
Definition:
An inventor who is named with at least one other inventor in a patent application, wherein each inventor contributes to the conception of the invention set forth in at least one claim in a patent application.
DRM
Definition:
Data reference model - also known as a "data and information reference model" - describes the data and information that support program and line operations.
Certificate Of Registration
Definition:
Official document from the USPTO evidencing that a mark has been registered.
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