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Friday's Term
Substantive Reasons For Refusal
Definition:
There are several substantive reasons for refusing registration of a mark. These include: likelihood of confusion; primarily merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of the goods/services.
Design Patent
Definition:
May be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.
Substitute Patent Application
Definition:
An application which is in essence a duplicate of a prior (earlier filed) application by the same applicant abandoned before the filing of the substitute (later filed) application.
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