Patent Terms Glossary

Declaration

Definition:
A document in which an applicant for patent declares, under penalty of fine or imprisonment, or both (18 USC 1001), that he or she is the original or sole inventor.

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.

DRM

Definition:
Data reference model - also known as a "data and information reference model" - describes the data and information that support program and line operations.

Assignor

Definition:
The owner of record of a patent application, patent, trademark application or trademark registration who is transferring ownership to another entity (assignee)

Notice of Allowability

Definition:
A notification to the patent applicant that the application has been placed in condition for allowance.

Group Art Unit

Definition:
A working unit responsible for a cluster of related patent art. Staffed by one supervisory patent examiner (SPE) and a number of patent examiners who determine patentability on applications for a patent.

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