Patent Terms Glossary
Chapter II
Definition:
The second, optional phase under the Patent Cooperation Treaty that includes examination of the international application and issuance of an International Preliminary Examination Report.
Contracting Party
Definition:
A country or intergovernmental organization that is a member of the Madrid Protocol.
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.
PCT
Definition:
Patent Cooperation Treaty - provides a mechanism by which an applicant can file a single application that, when certain requirements have been fulfilled, is equivalent to a regular national filing in each designated Contracting State.
Generic Term
Definition:
Terms that the relevant purchasing public understands primarily as the common or class name for the goods or services.
EFS-ABX
Definition:
Electronic Filing System – Application Body eXtensible Markup Language authoring tool.
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