Intellectual Property Glossary

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