Patent Terms Glossary
Application (trademark)
Definition: A document by which a person requests a federal trademark registration. To receive a filing date, an application must include the applicant's name, a name and address for correspondence and the application filing fee.
Cancellation Proceeding
Definition: A proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in which The plaintiff seeks to cancel an existing registration of a mark.
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.
Examining Attorney
Definition: A USPTO employee who examines (reviews and determines compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements of) an application for registration of a federally registered trademark
First to invent
Definition: In some countries, the applicant who is the first to invent will be awarded the patent over all others.
Joint Application
Definition: An application in which the invention is presented as that of two or more persons.
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