Patent Terms Glossary
ACH
Definition:
Automated Clearing House - a nationwide batch-oriented electronic funds transfer system governed by the NACHA (National Automated Clearing House Association)
OACS
Definition:
Office Action Correspondence System - used by patent examiners to generate office actions.
Utility Patent
Definition:
May be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new, useful, and nonobvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.
Contracting Party
Definition:
A country or intergovernmental organization that is a member of the Madrid Protocol.
Inventor
Definition:
Inventor names are recorded for all patents.
Combination Patent
Definition:
A patent granted for an invention that unites existing components in a novel way.
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