Patent Terms Glossary

Patentable

Definition:
Suitable to be patented; entitled by law to be protected by the issuance of a patent.

Benefit Claim

Definition:
The claiming by an applicant in a nonprovisional application of a benefit of an invention disclosed in a prior-filed copending provisional or nonprovisional application designating.

CD

Definition:
A type of form designation such as Form CD435, meaning a Commerce Department form.

Term of patent

Definition:
The maximum number of years that the monopoly rights conferred by the grant of a patent may last.

Supplemental Register

Definition:
Secondary trademark register for the USPTO. It allows for registration of certain marks that are not eligible for registration on the Principal Register, but are capable of distinguishing an applicant’s goods or services.

WIPO

Definition:
WIPO is responsible for the promotion of the protection of intellectual property throughout the world and for the administration of various multilateral treaties dealing with the legal and administrative aspects of intellectual property.

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