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Field
of Invention: The
area of technology that an inventor invents within. Also called
technical field or field of endeavor. |
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Field
Of Use License: A restrictive license of intellectual property
granted to a licensee. The license will limit use to a specific market
or technology and is delineated as a "field of use
restriction". |
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File
Wrapper: The folder in which the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office maintains the application papers is referred to as a file
wrapper. |
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File
Wrapper Continuing Application: a
continuation, continuation-in-part, or divisional application filed
under 37 CFR 1.62, which uses the specification, drawings and oath or
declaration from a prior nonprovisional application, which is complete
as defined by 37 CFR 1.51(a)(1). |
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Filing
Date:
The date of receipt in the Office of an application which includes (1) a
specification containing a description and, if the application is a
nonprovisional application, at least one claim, and (2) any required
drawings. |
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Filing
Fee: The latest fee schedule is available by contacting the
USPTO at 1-800-PTO(786)-9199 or (703) 308-HELP(4357), or on the
USPTO web page at http://www.uspto.gov. |
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Final
Rejection: On the second or any subsequent examination or
consideration by the examiner the rejection or other action may be made
final. |
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First
To Invent: In the Us the patent is based on who is the first to
invent. Dates of conception, reduction to practice, and who was first
to come up with an invention are the most important. Other countries around the world make use of a
"first-to-file" standard. |
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Foreign
Filing License: A foreign patent license allows the inventor to
file a foreign application based on the application pending before the
Patent Office, and must be accomplished within the first six months
after filing a U.S. patent application. Under the statute ( 35 U.S.C.
119(b)), an applicant who wishes to secure the right of priority
must comply with certain formal requirements within a time specified. If
these requirements are not complied with the right of priority is lost
and cannot thereafter be asserted. For non-provisional applications
filed prior to November 29, 2000, the requirements of the statute are
(a) that the applicant must file a claim for the right and (b) he or she
must also file a certified copy of the original foreign application;
these papers must be filed within a certain time limit. A U.S. patent is
barred if the applicant filed a patent application in a foreign country
more than one year before the U.S. filing date, and the foreign
application issued prior to the U.S. filing date. |
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Frivolous
Invention:
An invention that has no use. Patents are not granted for all new
inventions and discoveries. The subject matter of the invention or
discovery must come within the boundaries set forth by 35 U.S.C.
101, which permits patents to be granted only for "any new and
useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any
new and useful improvement thereof." |
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