Patent Terms Glossary
Deposit Account
Definition:
An account that is established in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), upon payment of a fee for establishing such an account, for the convenience in paying any fees due.
Pending
Definition:
The period in which the patent office has not yet decided whether to reject or to grant a patent application, and it has not yet been withdrawn
BRM
Definition:
Business reference model - an organized, hierarchical way to describe the day-to-day business operations of the Federal government.
Notice Of References Cited
Definition:
Also known as a PTO-892 form. A list of relevant references cited by a patent examiner in an Office action.
Comprising
Definition:
A transitional phrase that is synonymous with means the same thing as inclusive or open-ended and does not exclude additional, unrecited elements or method steps.
Disclosure
Definition:
The first public disclosure of details of an invention
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