Patent Glossary Terms

ALC

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



Arbitrary Marks

Comprise words that are in common linguistic use but, when used to identify particular goods or services, do not suggest or describe a significant ingredient.



BRM

Business reference model - an organized, hierarchical way to describe the day-to-day business operations of the Federal government.


Certificate Of Registration

Official document from the USPTO evidencing that a mark has been registered.



Classification of Goods and Services

Goods and services are classified by an international system, according to international treaties to which the United States is a signatory.


Coinventor

An inventor who is named with at least one other inventor in a patent application, wherein each inventor contributes to the conception creation of the invention.



Nonprovisional Patent Application

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



Patent

A patent is a document that defines the right by law for inventors and assignees to make use of and exploit their inventions for a limited period of time.




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A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols, or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods



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The copyright law was not adapted into mainstream until the invention of the printing press.

The original concept of a copyright was created the British Royalty.  The British created the copyright when they became trouble that many people started to begin illegal reproduction of licensed literature 

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Modern day copyright law has absorbed a variety of much older laws that has been documented throughout times.

Including the legal right to protect the author who created a work, and the financial right of a customer who paid to receive a printed copy of the literature.

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The role of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is to grant patents for the protection of inventions and for trademark registration.

The USPTO is an agency within the United States Dept. of Commerce. It provides the patent protection necessary for businesses and inventors towards their inventions, and trademark registration for their product and/or intellectual property.

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