Patent Terms Glossary

Chapter II

Definition:
The second, optional phase under the Patent Cooperation Treaty that includes examination of the international application and issuance of an International Preliminary Examination Report.

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.

Annex F

Definition:
Written specifications of the application-body document type definition agreed to by the USPTO, WIPO, EPO, and JPO.

Doctrine Of Equivalents

Definition:
A judicially created theory for finding patent infringement when the accused process or product falls outside the literal scope of the patent claims.

Plant Patent

Definition:
May be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant.

Descriptive Mark

Definition:
A mark is considered merely descriptive if it describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose or use of the specified goods or services.

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