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    Patent Terms Glossary

    Patent Applications Trade Secret

    Definition:
    Information that companies keep secret to give them an advantage over their competitors.

    Office Action

    Definition:
    A letter from a trademark examining attorney setting forth the legal status of a trademark application. There are several types of Office actions: examiner’s amendments, priority actions, and suspension inquiry letters.

    Final Office Action (rejection)

    Definition:
    An Office action on the second or any subsequent examination or consideration by an examiner that is intended to close the prosecution of a nonprovisional patent application.

    C3

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    Phase III (IDdb). Large-scale trials in patients

    Common Law Rights

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    Property or other legal rights that do not absolutely require formal registration in order to enforce them. Proving such rights for a trademark in court can be very difficult.

    Combination Patent

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    A patent granted for an invention that unites existing components in a novel way.

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