Patent Terms Glossary

Activity based cost accounting - an accrual-based accounting method for determining unit-based costs of delivering services by allocating the costs to budgetary resources.

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Consisting Essentially Of

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A transitional phrase that limits the scope of a claim to the specified materials or steps and those that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristics of the claimed invention.

Certification Mark

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Any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce by someone other than its owner.

Attorney

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An individual who is a member in good standing of the bar of any United States court or the highest court of any State.

National Stage Application

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An application which has entered the national phase of the Patent Cooperation Treaty by the fulfillment of certain requirements in a national Office, which is an authority entrusted with the granting of national or regional patents.

Utility Patent

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May be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new, useful, and nonobvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.

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