Patent Terms Glossary

Patent Infringement

Definition:
Unauthorized making, using, offering to sell, selling or importing into the United States any patented invention.

ALC

Definition:
Agency Location Code - an eight (8) digit code assigned to U.S. government agencies by the Department of Treasury.

Bio-sequence Listings

Definition:
A document that must be included only if a nucleotide or amino acid sequence is part of the invention.

Inventor

Definition:
Inventor names are recorded for all patents.

Cancellation Proceeding

Definition:
A proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in which The plaintiff seeks to cancel an existing registration of a mark.

Applicant

Definition:
An application for patent filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) that includes all types of patent applications (i.e., utility, design, plant, and reissue) except provisional applications.

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