Glossary

• Tags

• Application Date

  Application Date of a patent is the date the applicant filed their application within the given patent authority

• Expiration Date

  Expiration Date is the projected expiration date of a given patent based upon the rules disclosed by the filing authority.

• Priority Date

  Priority Date is the date when a related publication was filed with the authority.

• Published Date

  Published Date is the date that the patent application was made publicly available

• Last Assignment Date

  The last time the patent was assigned

• First Non Final Rejection Date

  The date when a USPTO patent application is rejected but in a non final way, meaning it's not a final...

• Forward Citations Count

  The number of times the current patent has been referred to in future patent applications.

• Backward Citations Count

  The number of times the current patent has referenced patents from the past.

• Family Member Count

  The number of patent applications that refer to the same priority patent application.

• Top Level CPC Classifications

  The Section, Top Class and Sub Class of a CPC classification.

• Top Level IPC Classifications

  The section, Top Class and Sub Class of an IPC classification.

• Full CPC Classifications

  Full CPC classification associated with a patent.

• Applicants

  The entities that filed the patent application with the filing authority.

• Applicant Countries

  The country (if disclosed) where the applicants reside.

• Current Assignee

  The entity who is currently assigned the patent, by default this will be the applicant prior to any assignments occurring.

• Current Owner

  The entity who currently owns the patent, the owner is distinct from the current assignee because a bank can be...

• Current Owner Country

  The country (if disclosed) where the owner resides.

• Last Assignor

  The last entity who is not the inventor to assign the patent.

• Document Country

  Country in which the patent was filed.

• Inventors

  The people who created the invention, different from applicant, where inventors must be people, applicant can be either.

• Inventor Country

  The country where the inventors reside.

• Family ID

  The unique ID provided by the filing authority to associate all priority family members with a single group.

• Last Assignment Type

  The type of transaction for the last assignment of the patent, this can be different values (assignment, license, security, release,...

• Application Status

  Status of the application (application or grant).

• Last Assignor Country

  Location of the last assignor (if disclosed).

• Current Assignee Country

  Location of the current assignee (if disclosed).

• Examiner

  Examiner for USPTO patents only that reviewed the patent application.

• Law Firm / Attorney

  The law firm, if any, that worked with the inventor, applicant and interfaced with the examiner on the patent application...

• Territories

  Geographical location of where the agreement and grants can be exploited.

• Type

  The type of transaction for the assignment, this can be different values (assignment, license, security, release, update, inventor).

• Recorded Date

  The date the USPTO recorded the assignment at the patent office.

• Execution Date

  The date the parties signed the assignment agreement.

• Patent Count

  Number of patents included in the assignment.

• Assignors

  Parties doing the assigning.

• Assignees

  Parties receiving the assigning of patents.

• Correspondent

  If provided, the entity that prepared the assignment, most of the time it is a lawyer or law firm.

• Inbound Countries

  The country of the assignee(s).

• Outbound Countries

  The country of the assignor(s).

• Legal Status

  Legal Status refers to the data relating to events in the lifetime of a patent. The legal status data can...