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    Patent Terms Glossary

    Patent Applications Search Copy

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

    Certification Mark

    Definition:
    Any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce by someone other than its owner.

    First to file

    Definition:
    The applicant who is the first to file an application for an invention will be awarded the patent over all others.

    Parent Application

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

    Classification

    Definition:
    Patents are classified (organized) in the U.S. by a system using a 3 digit class and a 3 digit subclass to describe every similar grouping of patent art.

    Comprising

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    A transitional phrase that is synonymous with means the same thing as inclusive or open-ended and does not exclude additional, unrecited elements or method steps.

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