Office Actions definition

Office Actions means actions taken in response to rejections of claims by patent offices, including responses filed in connection with requests for continued examination. Office Actions shall not include: (a) filing a patent application, or any continuation, divisional, or continuation in part, a request for continued examination or any fees associated therewith; (b) responding to an allowance of the application or any fees associated therewith; or (c) paying any maintenance or annuity fees.
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Office Actions means actions of the relevant jurisdiction’s patent and trademark office or other government intellectual property office provided in the normal course of prosecuting Seller’s Registered Intellectual Property and not initiated by other third parties.
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Office Actions is defined in Section 4.11(d).
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Examples of Office Actions in a sentence

  • For clarity, the above obligation does not apply to “cease and desist” letters, routine Office Actions or oppositions or other non-public or immaterial matters.

  • UNIVERSITY shall keep LICENSEE advised as to the prosecution of such applications by forwarding, and directing UNIVERSITY’s patent counsel to forward, to LICENSEE copies of all official correspondence, (including, but not limited to, Applications, Office Actions, responses, etc.) relating thereto.

  • Each Party shall promptly provide the other Party with copies of Provisional Applications filed, Patent Applications filed and Office Actions bearing upon any CRADA Invention.

  • University shall keep Licensee advised as to the prosecution of such applications by forwarding to Licensee copies of all official correspondence, (including, but not limited to, Applications, Office Actions, responses, etc.) relating thereto.

  • University shall keep Licensee advised as to the prosecution of such applications by promptly forwarding to Licensee copies of all official correspondence, (including, but not limited to, applications, Office Actions, responses, etc.) relating thereto.

  • Adoption of Agenda 1:35 II Status of Chancellor's Office Actions 5 Min.

  • LICENSORS shall keep LICENSEE advised as to the prosecution of such applications by forwarding to LICENSEE copies of all official correspondence relating thereto, and shall give LICENSEE an opportunity to comment on all applications, responses to Office Actions, Declarations and other papers before they are filed with the USPTO, and shall consult with LICENSEE concerning the scope of allowed claims before paying any issue fee.

  • LICENSEE shall keep UNIVERSITY advised as to the prosecution of such applications by forwarding, and directing LICENSEE’s patent counsel to forward, to UNIVERSITY copies of all official correspondence, (including, but not limited to, Applications, Office Actions, responses, etc.) relating thereto.

  • Each Party shall promptly provide the other Party with copies of Provisional Patent Applications filed, Non-Provisional Patent Applications filed and Office Actions relating to any CRADA Invention.

  • In Commissioner’s Decisions 1303 and 1310, for example, utility was not raised as a concern in the late 1980s and early 1990s when the applications were filed and the initial Office Actions were issued.

Related to Office Actions

  • Avoidance Actions means any and all avoidance, recovery, subordination, or other claims, actions, or remedies that may be brought by or on behalf of the Debtors or their Estates or other authorized parties in interest under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable non-bankruptcy law, including actions or remedies under sections 502, 510, 542, 544, 545, 547 through 553, and 724(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or under similar or related state or federal statutes and common law, including fraudulent transfer laws.

  • Actions means all actions, litigation, complaints, claims, charges, accusations, investigations, petitions, suits, arbitrations, mediations or other proceedings, whether civil or criminal, at law or in equity, or before any arbitrator or Governmental Entity.

  • Home state action means any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by the home state’s laws which are imposed on a nurse by the home state’s licensening board or other authority, including actions against an individual’s license such as revocation, suspension, probation, or any other action which affects a nurse’s authorization to practice.

  • Informal proceedings means proceedings for probate of a will or appointment of a personal representative conducted by the probate register without notice to interested persons.

  • criminal proceedings means criminal proceedings in relation to which the strict rules of evidence apply;

  • Legal Proceedings means any actions, suits, investigations, proceedings, judgments, rulings or orders by or before any Authorized Authority;

  • Avoidance Action means any claim or cause of action of an Estate arising out of or maintainable pursuant to sections 502, 510, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, or 553 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other similar applicable law, regardless of whether or not such action has been commenced prior to the Effective Date.

  • CCAA Proceedings means the proceedings commenced by the Applicant under the CCAA as contemplated by the Initial Order;

  • Proceedings means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration.

  • Action shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).

  • Deposit Accounts means any “deposit accounts,” as such term is defined in the UCC, and includes any checking account, savings account, or certificate of deposit.

  • Environmental Proceedings means any judicial or administrative proceedings arising from or in any way associated with any Environmental Requirement.

  • Corporate Actions means warrant and option exercises, conversions, exchanges and other capital reorganizations, calls, odd lot tenders/credits, bonus rights, subscription offers/rights, puts, maturities of securities, redemptions, mergers, tender or exchange offers, and rights exercises and expirations. Corporate Actions do not include class actions.

  • Regulatory Action means an administrative or regulatory enforcement action, proceeding, investigation or inspection, FDA Form 483 notice of inspectional observation, warning letter, untitled letter, other notice of violation letter, recall, seizure, Section 305 notice or other similar written communication, or consent decree, issued by the FDA.

  • Other Actions means any other actions or proceedings, excluding the Proceedings, relating to Released Claims commenced by a Settlement Class Member either before or after the Effective Date.

  • Bank Accounts means those account(s) opened and maintained for the Trust by the Trustee at Banks, the beneficial ownerships in which shall vest in the Unit Holder(s).

  • Affirmative Action Plan means the Affirmative Action Plan for school and classroom practices adopted by the Board.

  • Criminal justice information system means a system including the equipment, facilities, procedures,

  • Labor law decision means an administrative merits determination, arbitral award or decision, or civil judgment, which resulted from a violation of one or more of the laws listed in the definition of “labor laws”.

  • Formal proceedings means proceedings conducted before a judge with notice to interested persons.

  • Litigation Trust means the trust to be established on the Plan Implementation Date at the time specified in section 6.4(p) in accordance with the Litigation Trust Agreement pursuant to the laws of a jurisdiction that is acceptable to SFC and the Initial Consenting Noteholders, which trust will acquire the Litigation Trust Claims and will be funded with the Litigation Funding Amount in accordance with the Plan and the Litigation Trust Agreement.

  • Insurance Act means the Insurance Act, 1938;

  • Flood Insurance Regulations means (a) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (b) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (c) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (amending 42 USC § 4001, et seq.), as the same may be amended or recodified from time to time, and (d) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

  • Litigation Trust Agreement means the trust agreement dated as of the Plan Implementation Date, between SFC and the Litigation Trustee, establishing the Litigation Trust.

  • Bond proceedings means, collectively, this Resolution, the Certificate of Award, the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, the Registrar Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, and such other proceedings of the Board, including the Bonds, that provide collectively for, among other things, the rights of holders and beneficial owners of the Bonds.

  • Adverse action means a home or remote state action.