patent and trademark office
Patent and Trademark Office. See UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE.
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us patent and trademark office
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. See UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE.
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Patent and Trademark Office
Patent and Trademark Office 〈美〉专利商标局 商务部属下的一个联邦机构，由国会依照美国宪法的规定设立。其职能主要是审查专利和商标申请，授予专利，登记注册商标，并为公众提供多种有关专利和商标的信息及服务。简作PTO。
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director of the united states patent and trademark office
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The presidential appointee in charge of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. • Until a 2000 reorganization, the PTO chief was the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks. The Director is also the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property. — Formerly termed Commissioner of Patents and
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united states patent and trademark office
United States Patent and Trademark Office. The Department of Commerce agency that examines patent and trademark applications, issues patents, registers trademarks, and furnishes patent and trademark information and services to the public. — Abbr. PTO. — Often shortened to Patent Office; Trademark Office. [Cases: Patents 97. C.J.S. Patents §§ 135–138, 145, 178.]
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automated patent system
Automated Patent System. A computerized database of patents, maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database. — Abbr. APS. — Also termed automated patent search system.
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office action
Patents. A patent examiner’s communication with a patent applicant, usu. to state the reasons for denying an application. See UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE. [Cases: Patents 108. C.J.S. Patents §§ 144, 148–151.]
board of patent appeals and interferences
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Patents & trademarks. The quasi-judicial body in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that hears (1) appeals from patent applicants whose claims have been rejected by a patent examiner, and (2) interference contests between two or more applicants trying to patent the same invention. • This tribunal assumed the
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office action
office action. Patents. A patent examiner’s communication with a patent applicant, usu. to state the reasons for denying an application. See UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE . [Cases: Patents 108. C.J.S. Patents §§ 144, 148–151.] advisory office action. An office action in which the patent examiner replies to an applicant’s response following final rejection
registered trademark
A trademark that has been filed and recorded with the Patent and Trademark Office. • A federally registered trademark is usu. marked by the symbol “®” or a phrase such as “Registered U.S. Patent & Trademark Office” so that the trademark owner can collect treble damages or the defendant’s profits for an infringement. If the
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