Patent Terms Glossary
Disclaimer
Definition: A patentee, whether of the whole or any sectional interest therein, may, on payment of the fee required by law, make disclaimer of any complete claim, stating therein the extent of their interest in such patent.
Defensive publication
Definition: A publication and disclosure to the public of a pending patent application.
COTS
Definition: Commercial Off The Shelf - an acquisition term refering to commercially available ready to use products that require no customization in order to meet performance requirements.
EFS-ABX
Definition: Electronic Filing System – Application Body eXtensible Markup Language authoring tool.
Inventor
Definition: Inventor names are recorded for all patents.
PAC
Definition: Patent Assistance Center (prior), now the Inventors Assistance Center or IAC.
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There is a time limit on patent protection.
For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, utility and plant patents are granted for a term which begins with the date of the grant and usually ends 20 years from the date you first applied for the patent subject to the payment of appropriate maintenance fees. Design patents last 14 years from the date you are granted the patent. Note: Patents in force on June 8 and patents issued thereafter on applications filed prior to June 8, 1995 automatically have a term that is the greater of the twenty year term discussed above or seventeen years from the patent grant.
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