Patent Terms Glossary

OG

Definition:
Official Gazette - weekly publication of the USPTO that includes regular and special notices of the Office.

Citation Counts

Definition:
Citation counts are a formal acknowledgement of intellectual debt to earlier patents and previously published scientific research papers.

Benefit Claim

Definition:
The claiming by an applicant in a nonprovisional application of a benefit of an invention disclosed in a prior-filed copending provisional or nonprovisional application designating.

Affidavit

Definition:
A signed statement putting appropriate facts or opinions on record.

Application (trademark)

Definition:
A document by which a person requests a federal trademark registration. To receive a filing date, an application must include the applicant's name, a name and address for correspondence and the application filing fee.

Copyrights

Definition:
Protect works of authorship, such as writings, music, and works of art that have been tangibly expressed. The Library of Congress registers copyrights which last for the life of the author plus 70 years.

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