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    Patent Applications PAIR

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    Patent Application Information Retrieval - provides secure access for customers who want to view current patent application status electronically via the Internet.

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    A type of form designation such as Form CD435, meaning a Commerce Department form.

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    For purposes of small entity determination per MPEP 509.02 - any business concern meeting the size standards set forth in 13 CFR Part 121 to be eligible for reduced patent fees.

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    An inventor whose name is listed on multiple patent applications or granted patents, making the inventions at least partially the work of the same person.

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    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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    Non Patent Literature -- documents and publications that are not patents or published patent applications but are cited as references for being relevant in a patent prosecution.

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