Patent Terms Glossary

ISA

Definition:
International Search Authority - either a national Office or an intergovernmental organization whose tasks include the establishment of documentary search reports on prior art with respect to inventions.

Patent Infringement

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

First to file

Definition:
The applicant who is the first to file an application for an invention will be awarded the patent over all others.

Reissue Application

Definition:
An application for a patent to take the place of an unexpired patent that is defective in one or more particulars.

Invention

Definition:
Any art or process (way of doing or making things), machine, manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, or any variety of plant, which is or may be patentable.

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.

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