Patent Terms Glossary
LIE
Definition:
Legal Instruments Examiner - a position classification for USPTO employees charged with docketing cases and other administrative processing that support the workflow and examination of applications.
Drawing
Definition:
Patent drawings must show every feature of the invention as specified in the claims. Omission of drawings may cause an application to be considered incomplete.
Patentable
Definition:
Suitable to be patented; entitled by law to be protected by the issuance of a patent.
Term of patent
Definition:
The maximum number of years that the monopoly rights conferred by the grant of a patent may last.
Patentable
Definition:
Suitable to be patented; entitled by law to be protected by the issuance of a patent.
IB
Definition:
International Bureau - the secretariat of the WIPO which, among other functions, centralizes information of various kinds relating to the protection of intellectual property.
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