Patent Terms Glossary
Term of patent
Definition:
The maximum number of years that the monopoly rights conferred by the grant of a patent may last.
IC
Definition:
International Class - class(es) assigned to a mark under the International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Agreement); used in the United States since 1 September 1973
Examining Attorney
Definition:
A USPTO employee who examines (reviews and determines compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements of) an application for registration of a federally registered trademark
Claim
Definition:
The definition of the monopoly rights that the applicant is trying to obtain for the invention.
Descriptive Mark
Definition:
A mark is considered merely descriptive if it describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose or use of the specified goods or services.
Registration Number
Definition:
A registered patent attorney/agent is assigned a registration number that they must include on patent correspondence and forms when representing others before the USPTO.
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