Glossary of Intellectual Property Terms

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Intellectual Property Glossary

Allowance	Examiner's Action	Prior art
Anticipation	Expiration of Patent	Prosecution
Attorney-Client Privilege	Formal drawings	Prosecution History Estoppel
Best Mode	Information Disclosure Statement	PTO
Board of Appeals	Intellectual Property	Publications
C.A.F.C.	Interference	Reduction to practice
C.F.R.	Interstate commerce	Reexamination
Cease and Desist letter	Invention	Registered Patent Attorney
Certification mark	Inventor/Mechanic Agreement	Request For Continued Examination
CIP Patent Application	Inventor's Notebook	Restriction requirement
Claim	Knock-out reference	Right To Use Search
Claim Chart	Maintenance Fee	Service Mark
Clearance Search	Mechanic	Small Entity
Collective Mark	Merely Descriptive	Specification
Common law trademarks	New Matter	Specimen
Composition of Matter	Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)	Statutory Bar
Conception	Obviousness	Statutory invention registration
Copyright	Official Gazette	Statutory Subject Matter
Deceptive Trademarks	Patent	Terminal Disclaimer
Declaratory Judgment lawsuit	Patent application	TESS
Design Patent	Patent Cooperation Treaty	The Paris Convention
Divisional application	Patent Infringement	Trade Secret
Double Patenting	Patent misuse	Trademark
Enablement	Patent Pending	U.S.C.
Estoppel	Presumption of Validity	Willful infringement
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