Patent Terms Glossary
Consisting Essentially Of
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A transitional phrase that limits the scope of a claim to the specified materials or steps and those that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristics of the claimed invention.
Bio-sequence Listings
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A document that must be included only if a nucleotide or amino acid sequence is part of the invention.
Inventor
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Inventor names are recorded for all patents.
Identification of Goods and Services Manual
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This manual lists numerous examples of identifications of goods and services that are acceptable to the USPTO for inclusion in trademark applications and registrations.
Precautionary Designation
Definition:
Designation of a Contracting State in an international application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty which must be confirmed prior to 15 months from the priority date.
Activity based cost accounting - an accrual-based accounting method for determining unit-based costs of delivering services by allocating the costs to budgetary resources.
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