Patent Terms Glossary
Citation Counts
Definition:
Citation counts are a formal acknowledgement of intellectual debt to earlier patents and previously published scientific research papers.
C3
Definition:
Phase III (IDdb). Large-scale trials in patients
C2
Definition:
Phase II (IDdb). Small-scale testing in the target population, to assess therapeutic effects and to establish dose levels for phase III trials.
PALM
Definition:
Patent Application Locating and Monitoring system - an internal USPTO system that is the source of status information displayed in PAIR .
Novelty
Definition:
The concept that the claims must be totally new.
Citation
Definition:
the examiner or author may make Citations
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