Patent Terms Glossary

Registration Number

Definition:
A registered patent attorney/agent is assigned a registration number that they must include on patent correspondence and forms when representing others before the USPTO.

Patent Family

Definition:
A patent family is the same invention disclosed by a common inventor(s) and patented in more than one country.

Information Disclosure Statement (IDS)

Definition:
A list of all patents, publications, U.S. applications, or other information submitted for consideration by the Office in a non-provisional patent application filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a) to comply with applicant's duty.

Design Patent

Definition:
A type of patent covering the shape characteristics of an object

Disclosure

Definition:
The first public disclosure of details of an invention

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.

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