Patent Terms Glossary

Deceased Inventor

Definition:
A named inventor who has died prior to the filing of a patent application or during the prosecution of a patent application.

Assignee

Definition:
The entity that is the recipient of a transfer of a patent application, patent, trademark application or trademark registration from its owner of record.

Disclosure

Definition:
The first public disclosure of details of an invention

Appeal (trademark)

Definition:
An applicant who wants to contest a final refusal from an examining attorney may file an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

C3

Definition:
Phase III (IDdb). Large-scale trials in patients

Notice of Allowability

Definition:
A notification to the patent applicant that the application has been placed in condition for allowance.

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