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New Issue: A patentability issue or question that had not arisen previously in the examination of an application.
New Matter: Matter or information that is not present in the original specification, claims or drawings that an applicant attempts to add to a patent application.
New Use: One of the classes of patentable subject matter under U.S. law.
Non-Convention Application: A patent application filed in a subsequent country which does not claim the priority of another, earlier application in another country.
Non-Convention Equivalents: An application filed in a second or subsequent country that does not claim a priority application in another country. Usually a result of filing the application after the 12-month Convention period, but may be within that period by choice of the applicant.
Non-Obviousness: The opposite of obviousness.
Non-provisional Patent Application: A type of U.S. utility patent application that must contain at least one claim and can issue as a patent.
Notice: Placing the word "patent" with the patent number on articles made by the patentee or a licensee. If the patentee fails to mark his or her products, then the patentee may recover only damages for infringement that occurred after the infringer has received actual notice through a charge of patent infringement.
Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due: A notice by the USPTO that the application has been placed in a condition for allowance and that the issue fee must be paid within three months of the mailing date of the notice.
Notice of Appeal: A document filed by the applicant in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to initiate an appeal of an examiner’s rejection to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
Novelty: The concept that the claims must be totally new. The invention must never have been made public in any way, anywhere, before the date on which the application for a patent is filed. In the U.S. this is determined by the date of invention.
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