Patent Terms Glossary
Generic Term
Definition:
Terms that the relevant purchasing public understands primarily as the common or class name for the goods or services.
Search Copy
Definition:
Copy of an international application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty maintained by the International Searching Authority.
USPTO
Definition:
United States Patent and Trademark Office, designation became effective April 3, 2000; a result of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999.
PAC
Definition:
Patent Assistance Center (prior), now the Inventors Assistance Center or IAC.
Non-final Office Action (rejection)
Definition:
An Office action letter that raises new issues and usually is the first phase of the examination process. An examining attorney will issue a non-final Office action after reviewing the application for the first time.
Certificate Of Mailing
Definition:
A certificate for each piece of correspondence mailed, prior to the expiration of the set period of time for response, stating the date of deposit with the U.S. Postal Service.
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