Patent Terms Glossary

LIE

Definition:
Legal Instruments Examiner - a position classification for USPTO employees charged with docketing cases and other administrative processing that support the workflow and examination of applications.

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.

Opposition Proceeding

Definition:
A proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in which the plaintiff seeks to prevent the issuance of a registration of a mark.

eTEAS

Definition:
Electronic Trademark Examination Application System - electronic trademark filing system. It allows the public to complete various trademark filings and transactions on-line.

Assignee

Definition:
The entity that is the recipient of a transfer of a patent application, patent, trademark application or trademark registration from its owner of record.

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.

Bookmark:           
Permalink:  http://S-0.ORG/tnqtZ5L

Contact our Patent Professionals to ensure you complete the patent filing process correctly or for violation of your patent rights.