Patent Terms Glossary

Substantive Reasons For Refusal

Definition:
There are several substantive reasons for refusing registration of a mark. These include: likelihood of confusion; primarily merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of the goods/services.

Copyright

Definition:
The legal right granted to an author, editor or publisher of an article, chapter or complete work.

Filing Date

Definition:
The date of receipt in the Office of an application which includes (1) a specification containing a description and, if the application is a nonprovisional application, at least one claim, and (2) any required drawings.

Disclosure

Definition:
In return for a patent, the inventor gives as consideration a complete revelation (describes it) or disclosure of the invention for which protection is sought.

BRM

Definition:
Business reference model - an organized, hierarchical way to describe the day-to-day business operations of the Federal government.

Notice of Allowability

Definition:
A notification to the patent applicant that the application has been placed in condition for allowance.

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