77. Intellectual property related terms 2

1. Provisional registration

Registration made in advance to secure an application if the substantive or procedural requirements for this registration are not met

2. Provisional specification

Based on British Patent law, if a complete specification is filed within a certain period of time after the applicant submits a provisional specification, the filing date can be retrospected to the filing date of the provisional specification.

3. Provisional application

It refers to an application based on the provisions of Article 102 of the US Patent Act. According to the provisional application, the specification is available in languages ​​other than English, there is no need to describe the claims, and the submission of Information Disclosure Statement, IDS, is not obligated. If a full application is filed within one year after that, the provisional application date is retroactive to the filing date.

4. Inventions described in publications

Refers to inventions made available to the public through publications or telecommunication lines, and this is a technology that cannot be patented due to loss of novelty.

5. Compulsory license

It refers to the compulsory application of a patent by the government in order to protect the public interest or to prevent the abuse of patent rights based on Article 106 and 107 of the Patent Act.

6. Obligation of Disclosure

Derived from the principle of equity in the United States, it means that the applicant has an obligation to inform the examiner of all relevant facts about his/her description sufficiently and accurately.

7. Decision to re-examine

It is one of the reexamination systems in the United States. The patentee requests a reexamination of the validity of a patent based on prior art not previously reviewed by the examinner.

8. Request for continuation examination

As a patent examination system in the United States, it means that even if the application is under final rejection, appeal, or notification of registration decision, continuous examination of the application can be maintained by paying a certain fee.

9. Continuing Application

It refers to a second application to the parent application which is in the process with the US patent system.

10. Continued application

A procedure for re-applying for the same invention while the first application is pending with the US patent system. As a US patent application procedure, the date of the second application is recognized as the filing date of the original application. The second application must be identical to the first application.

 

 

*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”.