Patent Terms Glossary
Withdrawn Patent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
Basic Patent
Definition: The first published patent
Benefit Claim
Definition: The claiming by an applicant in a nonprovisional application of a benefit of an invention disclosed in a prior-filed copending provisional or nonprovisional application designating.
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.
DTD
Definition: Document type definition - a format specification file that accompanies documents prepared according to SGML (standard generalized markup language), including XML (extensible markup language).
Trade Secret
Definition: Information that companies keep secret to give them an advantage over their competitors.
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