Patent Terms Glossary

Search Copy

Definition:
Copy of an international application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty maintained by the International Searching Authority.

Citation Counts

Definition:
Citation counts are a formal acknowledgement of intellectual debt to earlier patents and previously published scientific research papers.

Registration Number

Definition:
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.

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.

Benefit Claim

Definition:
The claiming by an applicant in a nonprovisional application of a benefit of an invention disclosed in a prior-filed copending provisional or nonprovisional application designating.

Serial Number

Definition:
A number assigned to a patent application when it is filed. A serial number is usually used together with a two digit series code to distinguish between applications filed at different times.

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