Patent Terms Glossary

Attorney

Definition:
An individual who is a member in good standing of the bar of any United States court or the highest court of any State.

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.

Abandonment

Definition:
A patent application becomes abandoned for failure to file a complete and proper reply as the condition of the application may require within the time period.

Inventor

Definition:
Inventor names are recorded for all patents.

Canceled

Definition:
Trademark registration is no longer viable. It may be due to the registrant's failure to file the required continued use affidavit under Section 8 of the Trademark Act.

Assignor

Definition:
The owner of record of a patent application, patent, trademark application or trademark registration who is transferring ownership to another entity (assignee)

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