Glossary

Published

September 5, 2024

PatentsView also has a very nice glossary that I discovered later.

Assignee: Organization(s) and individual(s) that have an ownership interest in the legal rights a patent offers”1

1 source: https://asklib.library.hbs.edu/faq/267606

Inventor: individual(s) who have contributed to the claimed invention. However, they may or may not have an ownership interest in the legal rights of the patent.”

Applicant: Organization or individual that files the patent application is called the “applicant.” This could be the original inventor, or it could be the assignee.”

IPC: International Patent Classification

CPC: Cooperative Patent Classification