Patent Terms Glossary

Contracting State

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

Abandonment

Definition:
A patent application becomes abandoned for failure to file a complete and proper reply as the condition of the application may require within the time period.

Inventor

Definition:
Inventor names are recorded for all patents.

Abandon

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

Assignor

Definition:
The owner of record of a patent application, patent, trademark application or trademark registration who is transferring ownership to another entity (assignee)

OACS

Definition:
Office Action Correspondence System - used by patent examiners to generate office actions.

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