Patent Terms Glossary

CD

Definition:
A type of form designation such as Form CD435, meaning a Commerce Department form.

Contracting Party

Definition:
A country or intergovernmental organization that is a member of the Madrid Protocol.

Supplemental Register

Definition:
Secondary trademark register for the USPTO. It allows for registration of certain marks that are not eligible for registration on the Principal Register, but are capable of distinguishing an applicant’s goods or services.

ALC

Definition:
Agency Location Code - an eight (8) digit code assigned to U.S. government agencies by the Department of Treasury.

Disclosure

Definition:
The first public disclosure of details of an invention

IC

Definition:
International Class - class(es) assigned to a mark under the International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Agreement); used in the United States since 1 September 1973

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