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    Patent Terms Glossary

    Patent Applications PALM

    Definition:
    Patent Application Locating and Monitoring system - an internal USPTO system that is the source of status information displayed in PAIR .

    Small Business Concern

    Definition:
    For purposes of small entity determination per MPEP 509.02 - any business concern meeting the size standards set forth in 13 CFR Part 121 to be eligible for reduced patent fees.

    Informal Application

    Definition:
    An application that has been filed without one or more of the elements required to receive a filing date. The USPTO will return informal applications to applicants.

    Joint Application

    Definition:
    An application in which the invention is presented as that of two or more persons.

    Mere Descriptiveness

    Definition:
    Statutory basis (Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(e)(1), TMEP 1209 et seq) for refusing registration of trademarks and service marks because the proposed mark merely describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature,

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    International Bureau - the secretariat of the WIPO which, among other functions, centralizes information of various kinds relating to the protection of intellectual property.

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