Patent Terms Glossary
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.
Citation Counts
Definition:
Citation counts are a formal acknowledgement of intellectual debt to earlier patents and previously published scientific research papers.
Design Patent
Definition:
A type of patent covering the shape characteristics of an object
Contracting State
Definition:
A national Office or an intergovernmental organization which is party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
PALM
Definition:
Patent Application Locating and Monitoring system - an internal USPTO system that is the source of status information displayed in PAIR .
Invention
Definition:
Any art or process (way of doing or making things), machine, manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, or any variety of plant, which is or may be patentable.
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