Sentences with phrase «because pto»

Broad statements may receive objection because PTO wants you to narrow down your scope or it may be narrowed down later (revocation, opposition) if «non use» of mark is shown.

Just because the PTO grants a patent does not necessarily mean that any invention claimed in the patent is, in fact, legally entitled to the protection of a patent.

Not exact matches

Because a patent grants the inventor a monopoly on his or her invention for relatively long period of time (between 14 and 20 years depending upon the invention), patent applications are rigorously examined by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).

While we previously relied on a traditional PTO policy, we killed it because we felt it was awkward and unnecessary for employees to have to ask a manager for permission to take time off.

I get a lot of inspiration from my travels and this year I haven't traveled much because of using all my PTO on the new house and just the new house in general.

We're struggling to make ends meet because prodromal labor at least once a week since 36w4d had us figuring that i wouldn't go «post dates» and I took off work at 40w1d (unpaid since I am a nurse and had to use most of my PTO covering low census days that I was canceled).

I'm not in it for the money (though doing the odd review is fun), or the social connection (I know lots of other moms through PTO, Cub Scouts and our great neighborhood), or because my inner writer is dying to come out.

Yeah many would say it is an irresponsible task because I don't have all this PTO to do it or I won't be saving money but in all honesty it feels right.

Rarely do us working moms take the opportunity to do what we really want to do because there are too many things for us to take care of (hence the guilt of taking PTO).

That's because Cold Spring Harbor alleges that Hannon's patents were rejected by PTO because of the copying, but, says Ropes & Gray, additional claims were also rejected by PTO.

I'm a bit relieved it's already April, that means all the household birthdays are over for the year (Nick was January 7th, Jacob was February 17th an I was March 22nd) but it also means tax season is almost over and I'll have more time and can take PTO days again for my enjoyment rather than because Jacob or myself were sick.

I think the reason why most of us don't travel as often is because we don't have the PTO to allow us to do so.

Because parent involvement is so important to student success, Henderson recommends that PTOs offer parent - leadership training to familiarize families with how the school district works and where to turn when they need help.

The Southland PTO has done posters some years, which the teachers love because they can use them the next year as a classroom wall hanging.

Because I had already worked nearly 40 hours from Monday to Thursday, I only put the remaining 3 hours of paid time off (PTO) on my timesheet for Friday to bring myself to an even 40.

This case was about inter partes review — an administrative process that allows the Patent and Trade Office («PTO») to reconsider and cancel patents that were (allegedly) improperly issued because they fail the novelty or nonobviousness standards.

We need new and substantive legislation that gives the PTO the ability to crack down on invalid patents, non-practicing entities and false marking cases, because these issues stifle innovation and threaten American businesses.

Because of this they used their non-profit donation for the Douglass Elementary PTO.