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    Patent Terms Glossary

    Patent Applications Citation

    Definition:
    the examiner or author may make Citations

    Generic Term

    Definition:
    Terms that the relevant purchasing public understands primarily as the common or class name for the goods or services.

    EFS-ABX

    Definition:
    Electronic Filing System – Application Body eXtensible Markup Language authoring tool.

    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.

    Notice of Abandonment

    Definition:
    A written notification from the USPTO that an application has been declared abandoned or, in other words, is no longer pending. If the application was abandoned unintentionally or due to Office error.

    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.

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