Patent Terms Glossary
Utility Patent
Definition: May be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new, useful, and nonobvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.
ACH
Definition: Automated Clearing House - a nationwide batch-oriented electronic funds transfer system governed by the NACHA (National Automated Clearing House Association)
Inventor
Definition: Inventor names are recorded for all patents.
Doctrine Of Equivalents
Definition: A judicially created theory for finding patent infringement when the accused process or product falls outside the literal scope of the patent claims.
Disclosure
Definition: The first public disclosure of details of an invention
Domestic Representative
Definition: A person residing within the United States who is appointed by a patentee or assignee of a trademark application or registration that does not reside in or is not domiciled within the United States.
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