Reasonable Discernability: Relative ease of recognition of something.
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Reach Through Rights: Ownership rights claimed by a research sponsor other than a university. Allows unreasonable control over innovations. Request of these rights conflicts with the research principles of the National Institutes of Health.
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RE: Reexamination.
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RAM: Revenue Accounting and Management System.
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Pubs: Patent Publication, Office of.
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Publicly: to transmit or otherwise communicate a performance or display of the work to a place specified by clause (1) or to the public, by means of any device or process, whether the members of the public capable of receiving the performance or display receive it in the same place or in separate places and at the same time or at different times.
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Publication Number: A number assigned to the publication of patent applications filed on or after November 29, 2000. It includes the year, followed by a seven-digit number, followed by a kind code.
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Publication For Opposition: Publishing of a trademark in the Trademark Official Gazette, which begins the 30-day opposition period. During this period, anyone who believes they will be damaged by the registration of someone else's trademark can initiate an opposition proceeding.
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Publication: Disclosure in a format easily accessible or distributed to the general public.
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Public Disclosure: Making an invention, or technology, public knowledge. Can be accomplished in many ways including publication, presentation, etc. Patent rights must be filed within twelve (12) months of public disclosure in order to preserve the inventor's rights.
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PTRC: Patent and Trademark Resource Centers are libraries designated by the USPTO to receive copies of patents, CD-ROMs containing registered and pending marks, and patent and trademark materials that are made available to the public for free.
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PTOS Patent and Trademark Office Society: The Patent and Trademark Office Society is for Patent and Trademark professionals and other interested individuals. Founded in 1917, the Society is today internationally recognized for its activities in the patent and trademark fields.
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PTOL: A type of form designation such as Form PTOL, meaning a Patent and Trademark Office Legal form.
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PTO: Patent and Trademark Office, former designation for USPTO. Also a type of form designation for forms generated by the USPTO (as in PTO-892).
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PTE: Patent Term Extension.
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PTDL: Patent and Trademark Depository Library.
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PTAB E2E: PTAB's e-filing (EF) and case management (CM) system for trial proceedings.
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PTA: Patent Term Adjustment.
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PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network.
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PSIPS: Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences.
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