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    Patent Terms Glossary

    Patent Applications Change Of Name

    Definition:
    Sometimes, owners of trademark applications and registrations change their names, even though the actual ownership of the application or registration has not been transferred.

    Abandon

    Definition:
    The explicit or implicit relinquishment of a potential patent right. Simple inaction may render a patent right abandoned

    DRM

    Definition:
    Data reference model - also known as a "data and information reference model" - describes the data and information that support program and line operations.

    IC

    Definition:
    International Class - class(es) assigned to a mark under the International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Agreement); used in the United States since 1 September 1973

    Certificate Of Mailing

    Definition:
    A certificate for each piece of correspondence mailed, prior to the expiration of the set period of time for response, stating the date of deposit with the U.S. Postal Service.

    Classification

    Definition:
    Patents are classified (organized) in the U.S. by a system using a 3 digit class and a 3 digit subclass to describe every similar grouping of patent art.

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