Patent Terms Glossary

CD

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

NPL

Definition:
Non Patent Literature -- documents and publications that are not patents or published patent applications but are cited as references for being relevant in a patent prosecution.

File Wrapper

Definition:
The folder into which papers for a particular application are collected and maintained. It contains a complete record of proceedings in the USPTO from the filing of the initial patent application to the issued patent.

Office Action

Definition:
A letter from a trademark examining attorney setting forth the legal status of a trademark application. There are several types of Office actions: examiner’s amendments, priority actions, and suspension inquiry letters.

Claim

Definition:
The definition of the monopoly rights that the applicant is trying to obtain for the invention.

Patent Application Publication

Definition:
Pre-Grant Publication of patent application at 18 months from priority date.

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