Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 35 > Part II > Chapter 17 - Secrecy of Certain Inventions and Filing Applications in Foreign Country

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• application: when used in this chapter includes applications and any modifications, amendments, or supplements thereto, or divisions thereof. See 35 USC 184
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• invention: means invention or discovery. See 35 USC 100
• inventor: means the individual or, if a joint invention, the individuals collectively who invented or discovered the subject matter of the invention. See 35 USC 100
• officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• whoever: include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals. See 1 USC 1