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Abbreviations

 

  • AGOA: African Growth and Opportunity Act.
  • BPAI: Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
  • CAFTA: Central American Free Trade Agreement.
  • CAFC: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
  • CCPA: Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
  • CFR: Code of Federal Regulations.
  • Ct. Cl.: U.S. Court of Claims.
  • DCDC: District Court for the District of Columbia.
  • DO: Designated Office.
  • DOE: U.S. Department of Energy.
  • EFS: Electronic Filing System.
  • EIC: Examiner in Chief.
  • EP: European Patent.
  • EPC: European Patent Convention.
  • EPO: European Patent Organization.
  • Fed. Cir.: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
  • FOIA: Freedom of Information Act.
  • FR: Federal Register.
  • FTAA: Free Trade Agreement of the Americas.
  • FWA: File Wrapper Continuing Application.
  • GATT: Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
  • GPO: Government Printing Office.
  • IA: International Application.
  • IB: International Bureau (Geneva, Switzerland).
  • INTA: International Trademark Owners Association.
  • INPADOC: International Patent Documentation Center (Vienna, Austria, now part of the EPO).
  • IP: Intellectual Property.
  • IPE: International Preliminary Examination.
  • ISA: International Search Authority.
  • JPO: Japan Patent Office.
  • JPTOS: Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society.
  • NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement.
  • NDA: Non-Disclosure Agreement.
  • NIPLECC: National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council.
  • NOA: Notice of Allowance.
  • WTO: World Trade Organization.

 

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