Patent Terms Glossary
Claim
Definition:
The definition of the monopoly rights that the applicant is trying to obtain for the invention.
Affidavit
Definition:
A signed statement putting appropriate facts or opinions on record.
Confirmation Number
Definition:
The confirmation number, in combination with the application number, is used to verify the accuracy of the application number placed on correspondence filed with the Office to avoid misidentification.
Notice of Allowability
Definition:
A notification to the patent applicant that the application has been placed in condition for allowance.
Design Patent
Definition:
A type of patent covering the shape characteristics of an object
Reissue Application
Definition:
An application for a patent to take the place of an unexpired patent that is defective in one or more particulars.
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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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