Patent Terms Glossary
Citation Counts
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Citation counts are a formal acknowledgement of intellectual debt to earlier patents and previously published scientific research papers.
Certificate Of Registration
Definition:
Official document from the USPTO evidencing that a mark has been registered.
Benefit Claim
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The claiming by an applicant in a nonprovisional application of a benefit of an invention disclosed in a prior-filed copending provisional or nonprovisional application designating.
Notice of Allowance and Fees Due
Definition:
NOA, a notification to the applicant that they are entitled to a patent under the law and requesting payment of a specified issue fee within three months from the mailing date of the notice of allowance.
Patent Application Publication
Definition:
Pre-Grant Publication of patent application at 18 months from priority date.
Activity based cost accounting - an accrual-based accounting method for determining unit-based costs of delivering services by allocating the costs to budgetary resources.
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