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    Patent Applications Notice of Allowance and Fees Due

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    NOA, a notification to the applicant that they are entitled to a patent under the law and requesting payment of a specified issue fee within three months from the mailing date of the notice of allowance.

    Final Office Action (rejection)

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    An Office action on the second or any subsequent examination or consideration by an examiner that is intended to close the prosecution of a nonprovisional patent application.

    Blackout Period

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    The period between the date the examining attorney approves the mark for publication and the date of issuance of the Notice of Allowance.

    IFW

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    Image File Wrapper - an electronic version of a patent application, including image and/or text versions of the bibliographic information, all papers as filed, and all office actions and correspondence related to that application.

    Boolean

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    The patent search systems use "AND", "OR", and "ANDNOT" as Boolean operators, in combination with parentheses to build nested logical subsets.

    Allegation Of Use

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    A sworn statement signed by the applicant or a person authorized to sign on behalf of the applicant attesting to use of the mark in commerce.

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