Confirmation Number

Definition:
Four-digit number that is assigned to each newly filed patent application. The confirmation number, in combination with the application number, is used to verify the accuracy of the application number placed on correspondence filed with the Office.

Berne Convention

Definition:
The major multilateral copyright treaty, signed in Berne, Switzerland, in 1886. The Berne Convention, whose members form the Berne Union, is adhered to by nearly 150 nations, including the United States.

IFW

Definition:
Image File Wrapper -- an electronic version of a patent application, including image and/or text versions of the bibliographic information, all papers as filed, and all office actions and correspondence related to that application.

Multiple Dependent Claim

Definition:
A dependent claim which further limits and refers back in the alternative to more than one preceding independent or dependent claim.

Infringement

Definition:
An invasion of one of the exclusive rights of intellectual property. Infringement of a utility patent involves the making, using, selling, offering to sell, or importing of a patented product or process without permission.

Dependent claim

Definition:
A claim in a patent that refers back to a previous claim and defines an invention that is narrower in scope than that in the previous claim. A dependent claim must be written so as to be more restricted than the technology defined in the previous claim.

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