1. Secondary consideration
It refers to a test to determine the non-obviousness of an invention according to the case of Graham v. John Deere.
2. Tri-element test
A test to prove patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalents conducted by a federal court in the Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Company case, which means comparing the functions, methods, and results of a patented device with that of the device in question.
3. B+ Group
It indicates a group consisting of 41 countries including the EU and other member states of the EPC, Group B of WIPO (29 countries including the US, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe) and a second organization (EPO, EU).
4. BNS data
It refers to the electronic library development plan of European Patent Office EPO to utilize all computerized data related to patents entered through the European Patent Office EPO's BACON (back file conversion) plan.
5. CD-ROM publication
Refers to publications using CD-ROM as a recording medium.
6. EPO Online Application and Electronic Office Processing System
The online application system of the European Patent Office EPO provides online application and registration services, application preparation software, and online information.
7. IPC Expansion Symbol
This symbol is used to futher classify the group, the smallest unit of international patent classification, in more detail, and consists of 3 digits of number starting from 101.
8. KSR Case
It is related to the US Supreme Court's case KSR v. Teleflex 127 S. Ct. 1727 (2007). It refers to a precedent that the teaching-suggestion-motivation (TSM) test used to determine the obviousness of an invention was too rigid and pointed out that the standard of those skilled in the art in determining the obviousness as a person with common sense.
9. PCT route
Refers to the method of going through the international application according to the PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty.
10. PCT Minimum Documents
It refers to patent documents that must be searched for in an international search. Therefore, ISA, an international search agency, must have a patent literature database corresponding to the minimum literature in the patent search system.
*I am a student learning IP, not an IP expert. Translation is also by Google translator and my insufficient English skills. I hope it will be helpful for those who do not have the relevant knowledge or who want to learn about IP.
*The above is what I learned from a book compiled by the Korean Intellectual Property Office and Korea Invention Promotion Association (published by Pakmungak) entitled “Introduction to Intellectual Property, Understanding Intellectual Property”.
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