2241b25e_Intellectual_Property_Glossary__eral_infotech_patent_trademark
[Term] disclosure document [Definition] a paper disclosing an invention (called a Disclosure Document) and signed by the inventor or inventors that has been forwarded to the USPTO by the inventor (or by any one of the inventors when there are joint inventors), by the owner of the invention, or by the attorney or agent of the inventor(s) or owner. The Disclosure Document will be retained for two years, and then be destroyed unless it is referred to in a separate letter in a related patent application filed within those two years. -- see MPEP 1706 for more about the disclosure document program
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Intellectual Property Glossary
Context general infotech patent trademark