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What is Access in relation to patent applications?
The ability to view or obtain information or documents from a patent application file, governed by 37 CFR § 1.14 and dependent on publication status or applicant authorization.
What is a Foreign Filing License?
Official permission from the USPTO to file a patent application in a foreign country when the invention was made in the U.S.; required by 35 U.S.C. § 184.
What does Patent Status indicate?
Information indicating whether an application is pending, abandoned, published, or patented; public access depends on publication or reference in another public document.
What are Secrecy Orders?
Orders issued under 35 U.S.C. § 181 to withhold publication or grant of a patent for national security reasons; reviewed annually and can restrict foreign filing and disclosure.
What does Servicing the Applicant entail?
USPTO’s responsibility to assist applicants in matters such as confirming application status, correcting errors, or providing access (within confidentiality limits).
What is an Abandoned Application?
An application that is no longer pending, usually due to failure to respond to an office action or nonpayment of fees.
What is an Allowed Application?
An application that has been examined and found to meet all legal requirements, ready for issuance as a patent.
What is an Amended Application?
An application that has been modified during prosecution (e.g., claim changes in response to a rejection).
What is a Continuation Application?
A continuing application with the same specification as the parent and new claims; filed while the parent is pending.
What is a Continuation-in-Part Application?
A continuing application that adds new subject matter to the original disclosure and claims benefit of the earlier application for shared content.
What is a Continued Prosecution Application (CPA)?
A continuing application (used in some utility and design apps) allowing continued examination without an RCE; mainly used before 2000.
What does Copending Status mean?
When two or more applications are pending at the same time — required for valid continuation, divisional, or CIP filings.
What is a Divisional Application?
A continuing application filed in response to a restriction requirement, claiming a distinct invention disclosed in the parent.
What is an International Application?
An application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) to seek protection in multiple countries via a single filing.
What is a National Application?
A regular patent application filed directly in a specific country (e.g., U.S. non-provisional).
What is a New Application?
A newly filed patent application that does not claim the benefit of any earlier application.
What is a Non-Provisional Application?
A full utility patent application that gets examined and can mature into a granted patent.
What is an Original Application?
The first application filed to disclose a given invention, whether provisional or non-provisional.
What is a Parent Application?
An earlier application from which a continuation, CIP, or divisional claims priority or benefit.
What is a Provisional Application?
An informal application that establishes an early filing date but is not examined and cannot issue as a patent.
What is a Reissue Application?
A post-grant application used to correct errors in a patent; may broaden or narrow claims.
What is a Rejected Application?
An application that has received an Office Action with rejections and has not been allowed.
What is the Right of Priority?
The right to claim the filing date of a prior foreign application under the Paris Convention (within 12 months).
What is a Statutory Invention Registration (SIR)?
A discontinued option for publishing a patent application without examination; served as defensive prior art.
