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GLOSSARY
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This glossary provides a quick reference guide for terms
used to describe case patenting and marketing status.
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Case #:
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Tracking number assigned to each invention disclosure received by the Office of Intellectual Property.
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Seq:
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A sequence number is added to a case number for each potential application or issued patent associated with the same Case.
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Title:
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Short descriptive title of the invention disclosed.
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Licensing Officer:
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The name of the individual at OIP assigned to manage a particular case.
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Marketing Status:
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Provides status of the invention’s licensing availability.
Sponsor Obligation – under contractual obligation.
Available – available for licensing.
Letter of Intent – invention under contractual obligation for a limited period of time.
Licensed or Optioned – invention has been licensed or optioned to one or more companies.
Managed by 3rd Party – Licensing and Patenting is managed by a 3rd party, not UCLA.
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IP Activity:
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Provides information on the patent filing status of a particular sequence number.
Issued patent and application serial numbers may not be available for all inventions.
Serial numbers will be posted as soon as the information becomes available.
Please contact your Licensing Officer for any questions involving current patent prosecution status.
Under Review
Application authorized by OIP
Application filed - see type of application (Type of IP filing)
Patent allowed/issued – notice from USPTO received
Tangible Research Property
Combined with another UC case
Abeyant
Other
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Type of IP Filing:
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Type of application filed.
Provisional – an application filed in the USPTO which is an effective way to obtain a filing date
while deferring for up to a year the need to file a US Application or PCT application. No requirement
for a formal patent claim, oath or declaration or any prior art statement. Application must contain
a specification and drawing (if applicable) and meet the description, enablement, and best mode
requirements. Provisional applications are not examined by the USPTO and automatically become
abandoned after one year. It also allows the term "Patent Pending" to be applied.
US Application – full patent application filed. Non-provisonal application filed in the USPTO
under 35 U.S. C. 111(a). In addition to the description,enablement and best mode requirements,
a complete US application requires a specification, drawings (if required), claims, and an oath or
declaration from the inventors.
Continuation - a second application for the same invention claimed in a prior nonprovisional
application and filed before the first application becomes abandoned or patented.
Continuation-in-Part - a type of continuing application filed during the lifetime of an earlier
nonprovisional application, repeating some substantial portion or all of the earlier nonprovisional application
and adding matter not disclosed in the earlier nonprovisional application.
Divisional - a type of continuing applicationfor an independent or distinct invention disclosing
and claiming a portion of the subject matter disclosed in the earlier or parent application.
Foreign – patent application filed in a country other than the US.
PCT – International application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) allows for
the filing of a single application in one language with one patent office in order to simultaneously
seek protection for an invention throughout the world. Currently there are 117 member countries, including
the United States. The PCT application does not lead to the grant of an “international patent”.
National Stage applications must be filed in individual countries to ultimately claim the benefit
of this type of filing.
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Patent Application Filing Date:
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Filing date for the patent application.
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Patent Application Or Issued Patent#:
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Patent application or issued patent serial number from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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