37 CFR 4.2
Definitions

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§4.2 Definitions

(a)

Invention Promoter means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity who offers to perform or performs invention promotion services for, or on behalf of, a customer, and who holds itself out through advertising in any mass media as providing such services, but does not include --

(1)

Any department or agency of the Federal Government or of a State or local government;

(2)

Any nonprofit, charitable, scientific, or educational organization qualified under applicable State law or described under section 170(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

(3)

Any person or entity involved in the evaluation to determine commercial potential of, or offering to license or sell, a utility patent or a previously filed nonprovisional utility patent application;

(4)

Any party participating in a transaction involving the sale of the stock or assets of a business; or

(5)

Any party who directly engages in the business of retail sales of products or the distribution of products.

(b)

Customer means any individual who enters into a contract with an invention promoter for invention promotion services.

(c)

Contract for Invention Promotion Services means a contract by which an invention promoter undertakes invention promotion services for a customer.

(d)

Invention Promotion Services means the procurement or attempted procurement for a customer of a firm, corporation, or other entity to develop and market products or services that include the invention of the customer.