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  • Allowance

    If, on examination of the application, or at a later stage during the reconsideration of the application, the PATENT application is found to be allowable, a notice of allowance will be sent to the applicant, or to applicant’s attorney or agent of record, if any, and a fee for issuing the patent is due within three months from the date of the notice

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  • Anticipation

    One of the most common reasons for rejection of the CLAIMs of a PATENT application. The EXAMINER in charge of the application will reject a claim on the grounds of anticipation, citing 35 U.S.C. 102(a)

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  • Assignment

    A transfer of rights in intellectual property. An assignment of a patent, for example, is a transfer of sufficient rights so that the recipient has title to the patent.

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  • Atomic Force Microscopy

    The atomic force microscope (AFM) is a very powerful microscope that is one of the foremost tools for the manipulation of matter at the nanoscale.

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  • Attorney-Client Privilege

    All communications between a lawyer and a client are automatically privileged (confidential). The privilege extends to all members of the attorney's lawfirm, including staff members. Therefore, if a client's spouse, friend, relative, or the like calls an attorney and requests a status report on a case, or seeks some other information about a prospective,

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  • Auger Electron Spectroscopy

    Auger electron spectroscopy probes the chemistry of a surface by measuring the energy of electrons emitted from that surface when it is irradiated with electron of energy in the range 2 - 50 keV.

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  • Author

    Either the real person who creates a copyrightable work or the employer, corporate or individual, of a person who creates a copyrightable work within the scope of employment, or in some circumstances, the commissioning party of certain specified types of works. "Author" in copyright law includes not only writers of novels, plays, and treatises,

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  • Automated Circuit Reconstruction

    Reverse engineering based on circuit extraction starts with the precise reconstruction of the circuitry using a microscope and a camera to photograph sections of a microchip.

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