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    Patent Applications ALC

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

    OG - Patents

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    Official Gazette eOG:P - weekly publication of the USPTO that permits you to browse issued patents and view important notices.

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    Official document from the USPTO evidencing that a mark has been registered.

    Final Office Action (rejection)

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    An Office action on the second or any subsequent examination or consideration by an examiner that is intended to close the prosecution of a nonprovisional patent application.

    Descriptive Mark

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    A mark is considered merely descriptive if it describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose or use of the specified goods or services.

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    A patent granted for an invention that unites existing components in a novel way.

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