Patent Terms Glossary
Pro Se
Definition:
Used to designate an independent inventor who has elected to file an application by themselves without the services of a licensed representative.
Descriptive Mark
Definition:
A mark is considered merely descriptive if it describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose or use of the specified goods or services.
Withdrawn Patent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
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).
Arbitrary Marks
Definition:
Comprise words that are in common linguistic use but, when used to identify particular goods or services, do not suggest or describe a significant ingredient.
EFS-ABX
Definition:
Electronic Filing System – Application Body eXtensible Markup Language authoring tool.
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