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  • 1Prosecution history estoppel — Prosecution history estoppel, also known as file wrapper estoppel, is a term used in United States patent law to indicate that a person who has filed a patent application, and then makes amendments to the application to accommodate the patent law …

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  • 2application — noun 1) an application for a loan Syn: request, appeal, petition, entreaty, plea, solicitation, supplication, requisition, suit, approach, claim, demand 2) the application of antiinflation policies Syn …

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  • 3prosecution history — noun In United States patent law, the record of the examination of a patent application, including the original application itself, responses made by the examiner, and amendments made by the applicant to address objections raised by the examiner …

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  • 4prosecution history estoppel — noun In United States patent law, the circumstance under which a person who has filed a patent application, and then made amendments to the application to accommodate the patent law and secure issuance of the patent, is prevented from bringing a… …

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  • 5Patent prosecution — describes the interaction between an applicant, or their representative, and a patent office with regard to a patent, or an application for a patent. Broadly, patent prosecution can be split into pre grant prosecution, which involves negotiation… …

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  • 6Patent application — A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention (the patent specification ), together… …

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  • 7Continuing patent application — Under United States patent law, a continuing patent application is a patent application which follows, and claims priority to, an earlier filed patent application. A continuing patent application may be one of three types: a continuation,… …

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  • 8Patent Prosecution Highway — The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a set of initiatives for providing accelerated patent prosecution procedures by sharing information between some patent offices. It also permits each participating patent office to benefit from the work… …

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  • 9Originating application — An originating application is the first, provisional, or primary application in any legal process, such as a lawsuit, application for a real estate mortgage, patent, or bankruptcy petition. In Australia, it is the first claim made in its Supreme… …

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  • 10Jacob Zuma — Infobox Politician name=Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma imagesize=219px caption= small office=President of the African National Congress term start=18 December 2007 term end= predecessor=Thabo Mbeki office2=Member of Parliament term start2=1999 term… …

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