Patent Terms Glossary
Status
Definition: The legal standing of a patent or patent application, i.e. whether it is pending, lapsed or still protected etc.
Enforceability of Patent
Definition: The right of the patent owner to bring an infringement suit against a party who, without permission, makes, uses or sells the claimed invention.
EFS-ABX
Definition: Electronic Filing System – Application Body eXtensible Markup Language authoring tool.
Allegation Of Use
Definition: A sworn statement signed by the applicant or a person authorized to sign on behalf of the applicant attesting to use of the mark in commerce.
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.
Contracting Party
Definition: A country or intergovernmental organization that is a member of the Madrid Protocol.
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