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    Patent Terms Glossary

    Patent Applications Inventor

    Definition:
    One who contributes to the conception of an invention. The patent law of the United States of America requires that the applicant in a patent application must be the inventor.

    Supplemental Register

    Definition:
    Secondary trademark register for the USPTO. It allows for registration of certain marks that are not eligible for registration on the Principal Register, but are capable of distinguishing an applicant’s goods or services.

    ABM

    Definition:
    Activity based management - a management methodology that combines ABC with business process analysis techniques to run, improve and measure performance for a business.

    Withdrawn Patent

    Definition:
    An allowed application for patent in which the applicant files correspondence to withdraw the patent from issue; ;thus preventing it from issuing on the patent issue date. T

    IFW

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    Image File Wrapper - an electronic version of a patent application, including image and/or text versions of the bibliographic information, all papers as filed, and all office actions and correspondence related to that application.

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    the examiner or author may make Citations

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