Patent Terms Glossary

Change Of Name

Definition:
Sometimes, owners of trademark applications and registrations change their names, even though the actual ownership of the application or registration has not been transferred.

Group Art Unit

Definition:
A working unit responsible for a cluster of related patent art. Staffed by one supervisory patent examiner (SPE) and a number of patent examiners who determine patentability on applications for a patent.

Patent Infringement

Definition:
Unauthorized making, using, offering to sell, selling or importing into the United States any patented invention.

PALM

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

CD

Definition:
A type of form designation such as Form CD435, meaning a Commerce Department form.

Examining Attorney

Definition:
A USPTO employee who examines (reviews and determines compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements of) an application for registration of a federally registered trademark

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