Patent Terms Glossary

Appeal (trademark)

Definition:
An applicant who wants to contest a final refusal from an examining attorney may file an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Inventor

Definition:
One who contributes to the conception of an invention. The patent law of the United States of America requires that the applicant in a patent application must be the inventor.

Beilstein

Definition:
A major structure and factual database in organic chemistry.

Trade Secret

Definition:
Information that companies keep secret to give them an advantage over their competitors.

Blackout Period

Definition:
The period between the date the examining attorney approves the mark for publication and the date of issuance of the Notice of Allowance.

Joint Application

Definition:
An application in which the invention is presented as that of two or more persons.

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