A written notification from the USPTO that an application has been declared abandoned or, in other words, is no longer pending.

Notice of abandonment is a written notification from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This notice shows that an application has been declared abandoned or, is no longer pending before the [..]

Formal surrender, by owner, to under­writers of policy on an insured ship that is a constructive total loss. Is a prerequisite to payment of insurance.

A condition which must precede a constructive total loss. If the insured fails to give notice to the underwriter, the loss can be treated only as a partial loss unless an actual total loss is proven. [..]

In marine insurance, a notice given by the insured to the insurer whereby the insured indicates that he wishes to treat a "constructive total loss" (supra) as an "actual total loss" (supra) and to abandon the subject-matter insured to the insurer. See the U.K.'s Marine Insurance Act, 1906, sects. 61, 62 and 63. See Tetley, [..]

A condition precedent to a constructive total loss. If the assured fails to give notice to the underwriter the loss can be treated only as a partial loss unless an actual total loss is proved. An unde [..]