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    Patent Terms Glossary

    Patent Applications Non-final Office Action (rejection)

    Definition:
    An Office action letter that raises new issues and usually is the first phase of the examination process. An examining attorney will issue a non-final Office action after reviewing the application for the first time.

    Claim

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

    Mere Descriptiveness

    Definition:
    Statutory basis (Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(e)(1), TMEP 1209 et seq) for refusing registration of trademarks and service marks because the proposed mark merely describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature,

    Workflow

    Definition:
    Workflow diagrams are a formal way to identify procedural steps and the logic employed in a process used to complete a task or job. Workflow diagrams include each interim step and product(s).

    CIP

    Definition:
    Continuation-in-Part - an application filed during the lifetime of an earlier nonprovisional application, repeating some substantial portion or all of the earlier nonprovisional application.

    TEAS

    Definition:
    Trademark Electronic Application System - USPTO's electronic filing system. It may be used to file a variety of documents with the USPTO, including new trademark applications, amendments to allege use.

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