Patent Terms Glossary

PAC

Definition:
Patent Assistance Center (prior), now the Inventors Assistance Center or IAC.

Joint Inventor

Definition:
An inventor who is named with at least one other inventor in a patent application, wherein each inventor contributes to the conception of the invention set forth in at least one claim in a patent application.

Author

Definition:
Writer of an article, chapter or other complete work.

TEAS

Definition:
Trademark Electronic Application System - USPTO's electronic filing system. It may be used to file a variety of documents with the USPTO, including new trademark applications, amendments to allege use.

DRM

Definition:
Data reference model - also known as a "data and information reference model" - describes the data and information that support program and line operations.

Patentable

Definition:
Suitable to be patented; entitled by law to be protected by the issuance of a patent.

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