Patent Terms Glossary
Assignor
Definition:
The owner of record of a patent application, patent, trademark application or trademark registration who is transferring ownership to another entity (assignee)
Term of patent
Definition:
The maximum number of years that the monopoly rights conferred by the grant of a patent may last.
Interference
Definition:
A proceeding, conducted before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board), to determine priority of invention between a pending application.
Status
Definition:
The legal standing of a patent or patent application, i.e. whether it is pending, lapsed or still protected etc.
CD
Definition:
A type of form designation such as Form CD435, meaning a Commerce Department form.
Beilstein
Definition:
A major structure and factual database in organic chemistry.
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