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    Patent Terms Glossary

    Patent Applications Withdrawn Patent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

    Blackout Period

    Definition:
    The period between the date the examining attorney approves the mark for publication and the date of issuance of the Notice of Allowance.

    OACS

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    Office Action Correspondence System - used by patent examiners to generate office actions.

    Opposition Proceeding

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

    Divisional Application

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    A later application for an independent or distinct invention disclosing and claiming (only a portion of and) only subject matter disclosed in the earlier or parent application.

    Office Action

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    A letter from a trademark examining attorney setting forth the legal status of a trademark application. There are several types of Office actions: examiner’s amendments, priority actions, and suspension inquiry letters.

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