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    Patent Applications Invention

    Definition:
    Any art or process (way of doing or making things), machine, manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, or any variety of plant, which is or may be patentable.

    Patent and Trademark Depository Library

    Definition:
    A library designated by the USPTO to receive copies of patents, CD-ROMs containing registered and pending marks, and patent and trademark materials that are made available to the public for free.

    Attorney

    Definition:
    An individual who is a member in good standing of the bar of any United States court or the highest court of any State.

    IFW

    Definition:
    Image File Wrapper - an electronic version of a patent application, including image and/or text versions of the bibliographic information, all papers as filed, and all office actions and correspondence related to that application.

    Restriction

    Definition:
    If two or more independent and distinct inventions are claimed in a single application, the examiner may require the applicant to elect (designate) a single invention to which the claims will be restricted.

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    Writer of an article, chapter or other complete work.

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