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    Patent Applications Domestic Representative

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    A person residing within the United States who is appointed by a patentee or assignee of a trademark application or registration that does not reside in or is not domiciled within the United States.

    Utility Patent

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    May be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new, useful, and nonobvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.

    Express Abandonment

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    A patent application may be expressly abandoned by filing a written declaration of abandonment identifying the application in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. .

    Patentable

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    Suitable to be patented; entitled by law to be protected by the issuance of a patent.

    Doctrine Of Equivalents

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    A judicially created theory for finding patent infringement when the accused process or product falls outside the literal scope of the patent claims.

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    The date of receipt in the Office of an application which includes (1) a specification containing a description and, if the application is a nonprovisional application, at least one claim, and (2) any required drawings.

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