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    Patent Terms Glossary

    Patent Applications Patent Pending

    Definition:
    A phrase that often appears on manufactured items. It means that someone has applied for a patent on an invention that is contained in the manufactured item.

    Notice Of Publication

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    A written statement from the USPTO notifying an applicant that its mark will be published in the Official Gazette. If the examining attorney assigned to an application raises no objections to registration.

    Common Inventor

    Definition:
    An inventor whose name is listed on multiple patent applications or granted patents, making the inventions at least partially the work of the same person.

    Abandon

    Definition:
    The explicit or implicit relinquishment of a potential patent right. Simple inaction may render a patent right abandoned

    Infringe

    Definition:
    To make, use or sell the patented item or process within the country covered by the patent, without permission or license from the patentee.

    Reexamination Proceeding

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    At any time during the enforceability of a patent any person may file a request for the USPTO to conduct a second examination of any claim of the patent on the basis of prior art patents or printed publications.

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