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Workflow Incoming Amendment IFW

Definition:
From Public PAIR/IFW - designates the point in time when an amendment is received in the Office and the paper scanning process may be started at the USPTO; does not indicate whether scanning has actually started.

Joint Application

Definition:
An application in which the invention is presented as that of two or more persons.

Notice Of References Cited

Definition:
Also known as a PTO-892 form. A list of relevant references cited by a patent examiner in an Office action.

Interference

Definition:
A proceeding, conducted before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board), to determine priority of invention between a pending application.

Canceled

Definition:
Trademark registration is no longer viable. It may be due to the registrant's failure to file the required continued use affidavit under Section 8 of the Trademark Act.

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.

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Public users may perform preliminary searches of patent information in a variety of formats including on-line, microfilm, and print at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Public Search Facility located in Alexandria, VA. State of the art computer workstations provide automated searching of patents issued from 1790 to the current week of issue. Full document text may be searched on U.S. patents issued since 1971 and OCR text from 1920 to 1970. U.S. patent images from 1790 to the present may be retrieved for viewing or printing. Some foreign patent documents are available.

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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.

Search Copy

Definition:
Copy of an international application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty maintained by the International Searching Authority.

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