Patent Terms Glossary

OACS

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

Reexamination Proceeding

Definition:
At any time during the enforceability of a patent any person may file a request for the USPTO to conduct a second examination of any claim of the patent on the basis of prior art patents or printed publications.

Beilstein

Definition:
A major structure and factual database in organic chemistry.

Infringe

Definition:
To make, use or sell the patented item or process within the country covered by the patent, without permission or license from the patentee.

Annex F

Definition:
Written specifications of the application-body document type definition agreed to by the USPTO, WIPO, EPO, and JPO.

First to invent

Definition:
In some countries, the applicant who is the first to invent will be awarded the patent over all others.

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