SFFAS: Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Standards.
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SFFAC: Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Concepts.
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SF: A type of form designation such as Form SF51, meaning a Standard Form used throughout the Federal Government.
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Security Agreement: A contract that gives rise to, or establishes, a right of security interest.
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Section 9 Renewal Application: Maintenance filing a trademark registrant must submit every 10 years to maintain their registration.
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Section 8 Declaration of Use or Excusable Nonuse: Maintenance filing a trademark owner must submit periodically to maintain their registration. Generally, the owner must provide evidence that they are still properly using their trademark in commerce with the goods or services in the registration.
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Section 8 Declaration of Excusable Nonuse: A sworn statement, filed by the owner of a registration, that the mark is not in use in commerce due to special circumstances that excuse such nonuse and is not due to any intention to abandon the mark.
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Section 8 Declaration of Continued Use: A sworn statement, filed by the owner of a registration that the mark is in use in commerce.
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Section 15 Declaration of Incontestability: Optional declaration a trademark registrant can file to strengthen their trademark rights if they're eligible. Trademark owners can file a form to declare incontestability if their registered trademark meets certain requirements, such as continuous use in commerce for at least five years.
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Section 103 Rejections: Rejections of patent applications based on obviousness, under Section 103 of the Patent Act.
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Section 102 Rejections: Rejections of patent applications based on prior art or lack of novelty, under Section 102 of the Patent Act.
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SEAS: Secure Environment Access Solution.
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Search Copy: Copy of an international application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty maintained by the International Searching Authority.
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SDM: System Development Manager.
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SCP: Standing Committee on the Law of Patents.
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SCORE: Supplemental Complex Repository for Examiners.
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Scope of Employment: Duties assigned to an employee by an employer, sometimes referred to "course of normal duties." These may be duties under control or direction of the employer. The scope of employment can affect the ownership rights between employer and employee depending on the type of intellectual property such as copyrights (work made for hire doctrine) and patents (shop rights).
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Scholarly Work: Work created by an institution's faculty member within their Scope of Employment and in the area of which they teach.
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SB: SB is used as part of the label in our form designations (e.g., PTO/SB/05). The origin of this notation is a Specimen Book (no longer in use) that included all of the forms.
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SAN: Storage Area Network.
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