Patent Terms Glossary
Interference
Definition:
A proceeding, conducted before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board), to determine priority of invention between a pending application.
Fanciful Marks
Definition:
Comprise terms that have been invented for the sole purpose of functioning as a trademark or service mark.
Practitioner
Definition:
One who stands for or acts on behalf of another. A patent attorney or patent agent may represent the inventors named in a patent application.
Coinventor
Definition:
An inventor who is named with at least one other inventor in a patent application, wherein each inventor contributes to the conception creation of the invention.
Control No.
Definition:
Unique number assigned to a patent reexamination request when it is filed, having a 2-digit series code for ex parte reexamination requests and a 6-digit control number.
Blackout Period
Definition:
The period between the date the examining attorney approves the mark for publication and the date of issuance of the Notice of Allowance.
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