PBG: Patent Business Goals.
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Payor Number: Customer number.
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Patent Search: Investigation of existing patents to determine if a discovery meets the patentable criteria of new, novel and non-obvious.
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Patent Infringement Litigation: Legal action taken by a patent owner against someone who is using their patented invention without permission.
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Patent and Trademark Depository Library (PTDL): A library designated by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to provide public access to patent and trademark information, documents, and resources.
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PASAT: Patent Application Specification Authoring Tool -- no longer used as of 22 August 2004
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PAR: Performance and Accountability Report.
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PALM: Patent Application Locating and Monitoring system is an internal USPTO system that is the source of status information displayed in PAIR.
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PAC: The Public Advisory Committee for the USPTO was created by statute in the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO on the management of the patent and the trademark operations.
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Owner: Person(s) or entity(s) who control the rights to something.
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OTPP: Office of Technical Plans and Policy.
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Original Application: Original is used in the patent statute and rules to refer to an application which is not a reissue application. An original application may be a first filing or a continuing application.
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Option Agreements: Also called "Option Clauses," may be found within Research Agreements and establishes the right of the university to negotiate a license for Intellectual Property. These agreements are intended to allow a potential licensee to evaluate an invention or technology prior to signing a standard license agreement.
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OPR: Formerly, Office of Public Records; now known as Public Records Division (PRD).
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OPM: Office of Personnel Management - an agency of the U. S. government responsible for personnel administration of all federal employees.
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OPLA: Office of Patent Legal Administration.
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OPF: Official Personnel File.
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OPAP: Office of Patent Application Processing performs initial processing for all new U.S. and PCT applications to ensure that applications are in condition for examination, Pre-Grant Publication, or ready for transmission to the International Bureau.
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Online Trademark Search: A search of the USPTO database for registered and pending trademarks, used to determine potential conflicts with a proposed trademark.
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OMB: Office of Management and Budget, a branch of The Executive Office of the President.
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