office of initial patent examination

Office of Initial Patent Examination. The section of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that determines whether a new patent application is in the correct form, whether the claims are dependent or independent, how much the application fee should be, and to which examining group the application should be assigned. — Abbr. OIPE.

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译者陈鹏，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，擅长翻译各种与诉讼及争议解决相关的法律文件。