Patent Terms Glossary
IFW
Definition:
Image File Wrapper - an electronic version of a patent application, including image and/or text versions of the bibliographic information, all papers as filed, and all office actions and correspondence related to that application.
Design Patent
Definition:
May be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.
National Stage Application
Definition:
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.
Certification Mark
Definition:
Any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce by someone other than its owner.
Status
Definition:
The legal standing of a patent or patent application, i.e. whether it is pending, lapsed or still protected etc.
Pending
Definition:
The period in which the patent office has not yet decided whether to reject or to grant a patent application, and it has not yet been withdrawn
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A patent protects your invention.
A patent for an invention is a grant of property rights by the U.S. Government through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent grant excludes others from making, using, or selling the invention in the United States. The terms "Patent Pending" and "Patent Applied For" are used to inform the public that an application for a patent has been filed. Patent protection does not start until the actual grant of a patent. Marking of an article as patented, when it is not, is illegal and subject to penalty.
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