Patent Terms Glossary

Assignee

Definition:
The entity that is the recipient of a transfer of a patent application, patent, trademark application or trademark registration from its owner of record.

BRM

Definition:
Business reference model - an organized, hierarchical way to describe the day-to-day business operations of the Federal government.

Collective Mar

Definition:
A trademark or service mark used, or intended to be used, in commerce, by the members of a cooperative, an association, or other collective group or organization, including a mark that indicates membership in a union, an association, or other organization

Arbitrary Marks

Definition:
Comprise words that are in common linguistic use but, when used to identify particular goods or services, do not suggest or describe a significant ingredient.

Final Office Action (rejection)

Definition:
An Office action on the second or any subsequent examination or consideration by an examiner that is intended to close the prosecution of a nonprovisional patent application.

Parent Application

Definition:
The term "parent" is applied to an earlier application of the inventor disclosing a given invention.

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