Patent Terms Glossary

Registration

Definition:
Federal registration of trademarks involves the establishment of rights in a mark based on legitimate use of the mark. Although federal registration of trademarks is not required to use a trademark.

Status

Definition:
The legal standing of a patent or patent application, i.e. whether it is pending, lapsed or still protected etc.

Parent Application

Definition:
The term "parent" is applied to an earlier application of the inventor disclosing a given invention.

CD

Definition:
A type of form designation such as Form CD435, meaning a Commerce Department form.

Applicant

Definition:
An application for patent filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) that includes all types of patent applications (i.e., utility, design, plant, and reissue) except provisional applications.

Certificate Of Registration

Definition:
Official document from the USPTO evidencing that a mark has been registered.

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