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Today's Terms
Withdrawn Patent
Definition:
An allowed application for patent in which the applicant files correspondence to withdraw the patent from issue, thus preventing it from issuing on the patent issue date.
Design Patent
Definition:
May be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.
Suggestive Term
Definition:
Is considered to be inherently distinctive and needs no proof of secondary meaning for registration or protection in court. For example, polar bear for parkas and coats merely suggests the kind of protection that a polar bear has from the cold.
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