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.

BRM

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

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.

Contracting Party

Definition:
A country or intergovernmental organization that is a member of the Madrid Protocol.

Office Action

Definition:
A letter from a trademark examining attorney setting forth the legal status of a trademark application. There are several types of Office actions: examiner’s amendments, priority actions, and suspension inquiry letters.

Withdrawn Patent

Definition:
An allowed application for patent in which the applicant files correspondence to withdraw the patent from issue; ;thus preventing it from issuing on the patent issue date. T

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