Patent Terms Glossary

LIE

Definition:
Legal Instruments Examiner - a position classification for USPTO employees charged with docketing cases and other administrative processing that support the workflow and examination of applications.

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).

Term of patent

Definition:
The maximum number of years that the monopoly rights conferred by the grant of a patent may last.

Contracting State

Definition:
A national Office or an intergovernmental organization which is party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

ALC

Definition:
Agency Location Code - an eight (8) digit code assigned to U.S. government agencies by the Department of Treasury.

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,

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