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A quick definition of USPTO:

The US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) is a government agency that gives people the right to protect their inventions and register their product or service names. They have people who look at applications and decide if someone should get a patent or trademark. They also have groups that help people who disagree with the decisions made. The USPTO has a website where people can check if someone else has already registered a similar invention or name.

A more thorough explanation:

The US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) is a government agency that gives out patents to protect inventions and registers trademarks for products and services. It is run by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The USPTO has different offices that examine applications and grant patents or register trademarks when applicants are entitled. For example, the Office of the Commissioner for Patents and the Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks are in charge of this process. The USPTO also has appeal boards, such as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, that make decisions on appeals from examiners' decisions, post-issuance challenges to patents, oppositions to the registration of trademarks, and petitions to cancel trademark registrations.

The USPTO has a patent database and a trademark database that people can check before applying for a patent or trademark. This helps to make sure that there are no similar patents or trademarks already registered in the United States of America.

John has invented a new type of bicycle. He wants to protect his invention by getting a patent. He goes to the USPTO website and searches the patent database to see if anyone else has already patented a similar bicycle. He finds that there are no similar patents, so he applies for a patent with the USPTO. After the USPTO examines his application, they grant him a patent for his invention.

Another example is Sarah, who has started a new business selling handmade soap. She wants to protect her business name by registering a trademark. She searches the trademark database on the USPTO website and finds that no one else has registered the name she wants to use. She applies for a trademark with the USPTO and they register her business name as a trademark.

These examples show how the USPTO helps inventors and business owners protect their ideas and products by granting patents and registering trademarks.

USERRA (The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act) | usufruct

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[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
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[] baddestbunny
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I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
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Dkk
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No idea
windyMagician
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reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
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NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
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5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:44
My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
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Also has anyone's date disappeared for W&L? Mine did last night
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@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: mine did yesterday morning
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Oops sorry I meant Vilanova. Mine disappeared last week
soapy
8:48
UMN under review! As predicted, decisions are gonna come out early December
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