Patent Terms Glossary
DO
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Designated Office - the national Office or intergovernmental organization of or acting for the Contracting State designated by the applicant under Chapter I of the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
Activity based cost accounting - an accrual-based accounting method for determining unit-based costs of delivering services by allocating the costs to budgetary resources.
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Citation
Definition:
the examiner or author may make Citations
C1
Definition:
Phase I (IDdb). Initial toxicity testing in healthy volunteers
Contracting State
Definition:
A national Office or an intergovernmental organization which is party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
Consisting Essentially Of
Definition:
A transitional phrase that limits the scope of a claim to the specified materials or steps and those that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristics of the claimed invention.
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