Patent Terms Glossary

DRM

Definition:
Data reference model - also known as a "data and information reference model" - describes the data and information that support program and line operations.

OACS

Definition:
Office Action Correspondence System - used by patent examiners to generate office actions.

Design Patent

Definition:
A type of patent covering the shape characteristics of an object

ACH

Definition:
Automated Clearing House - a nationwide batch-oriented electronic funds transfer system governed by the NACHA (National Automated Clearing House Association)

Mere Descriptiveness

Definition:
Statutory basis (Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(e)(1), TMEP 1209 et seq) for refusing registration of trademarks and service marks because the proposed mark merely describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature,

Status

Definition:
The legal standing of a patent or patent application, i.e. whether it is pending, lapsed or still protected etc.

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