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    Patent Applications Domestic Representative

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    A person residing within the United States who is appointed by a patentee or assignee of a trademark application or registration that does not reside in or is not domiciled within the United States.

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    Goods and services are classified by an international system, according to international treaties to which the United States is a signatory.

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    Agency Location Code - an eight (8) digit code assigned to U.S. government agencies by the Department of Treasury.

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    An application filed in a foreign patent office that is substantially similar to (like) the patent application filed with the USPTO and is based upon some or all of the same invention.

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    System that provides a way to access electronic copies of the correspondence, documents and other pertinent records used in considering a particular case.

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    An application which is in essence a duplicate of a prior (earlier filed) application by the same applicant abandoned before the filing of the substitute (later filed) application.

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