Patent Terms Glossary

PALM

Definition:
Patent Application Locating and Monitoring system - an internal USPTO system that is the source of status information displayed in PAIR .

IB

Definition:
International Bureau - the secretariat of the WIPO which, among other functions, centralizes information of various kinds relating to the protection of intellectual property.

Practitioner

Definition:
One who stands for or acts on behalf of another. A patent attorney or patent agent may represent the inventors named in a patent application.

COTS

Definition:
Commercial Off The Shelf - an acquisition term refering to commercially available ready to use products that require no customization in order to meet performance requirements.

Boolean

Definition:
The patent search systems use "AND", "OR", and "ANDNOT" as Boolean operators, in combination with parentheses to build nested logical subsets.

Final Office Action (rejection)

Definition:
An Office action on the second or any subsequent examination or consideration by an examiner that is intended to close the prosecution of a nonprovisional patent application.

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