REPS: Re-examination Processing System.
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Representative Capacity: A registered patent practitioner who is authorized to represent a particular party in a patent case on whose behalf he or she is acting but without power of attorney.
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Representation of Mark: A clear image of the trademark that a person or organization wants to register, used by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for record-keeping and issuing certificates.
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Renewal Fees (Patents): Fees paid to maintain a patent in force after it has been granted. Failure to pay these fees can result in expiration of the patent.
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Renewal: Maintenance filing a trademark registrant must submit at regular intervals for the life of the trademark registration.
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Rejoinder: The rejoining (returning to active consideration) of claims previously withdrawn from consideration due to a restriction requirement.
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Reissue Patents: Patents issued for an invention that was already granted a patent but has since been deemed defective or in need of correction.
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Reissue Application: An application for a patent to take the place of an unexpired patent that is defective in one or more particulars (items or details).
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Registration Number (trademarks): Unique number assigned to a trademark when it is registered, used to look up and track the registration in our systems and required when filing forms to maintain the registration. The registration number is different from the application serial number.
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Registration Number: A registered patent attorney/agent is assigned a registration number that they must include on patent correspondence and forms when representing others before the USPTO; individual applicants do not have a registration number and should leave this field blank on patent forms.
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Registration Certificate: Certificate issued to a trademark owner when their trademark is federally registered. It documents the trademark, owner's details, registration date, goods and services, and other important details and constitutes prima facie evidence of certain facts.
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Registration: The official certificate or paperwork obtained as a result of recording information in an official system or register.
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Registered Mark: A trademark that is registered with the USPTO and is allowed to be labeled with the phrase "Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office" or showing an "R" surrounded by a circle.
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Reference (prior art): MPEP 900 for information.
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Reduction: The process of constructing the invention or performing the process to demonstrate its intended or claimed use in the patent application.
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Reduced to Practice: A concept that has been proven to work as intended.
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Redacted Publication: A patent application publication that omits material that was present in the specification or claims of the non-provisional patent application filed in the USPTO.
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Recordation Form Cover Sheet: USPTO form that patent owners use to record patent and/or patent application assignments. The form PTO-1595 may be used as the cover sheet.
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Record Copy: Original copy of an international application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty maintained by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
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Reasonable Effort: Minimum legally required attempt. Subjective based on the issue.
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