Patent Terms Glossary
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.
Reissue Application
Definition:
An application for a patent to take the place of an unexpired patent that is defective in one or more particulars.
Information Disclosure Statement (IDS)
Definition:
A list of all patents, publications, U.S. applications, or other information submitted for consideration by the Office in a non-provisional patent application filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a) to comply with applicant's duty.
Common Inventor
Definition:
An inventor whose name is listed on multiple patent applications or granted patents, making the inventions at least partially the work of the same person.
Defensive publication
Definition:
A publication and disclosure to the public of a pending patent application.
DRM
Definition:
Data reference model - also known as a "data and information reference model" - describes the data and information that support program and line operations.
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