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ABC – Activity-Based Cost Accounting
ABM – Activity-Based Management
AIPA – American Inventors Protection Act
ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nations
BPAI – Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
CBP – Customs and Border Protection
CCR – Central Contractor Registration
CEAR – Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting
CRU – Central Reexam Unit
CSRS – Civil Service Retirement System
DOC – Department of Commerce
DOL – U.S. Department of Labor
eDAN – IFW interface system
EAST – Examiner Automated Search System
EFS – Electronic File System
EFT – Electronic Funds Transfer
EPO – European Patent Office
FAS – Foreign Agricultural Service
FASAB – Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
FECA – Federal Employees Compensation Act
FEGLI – Federal Employees Group Life Insurance
FEHB – Federal Employees Health Benefit
Program
FERS – Federal Employees Retirement System
FDA – Food and Drug Administration
FFMIA – Federal Financial Management Improvement
Act
FICA – Federal Insurance Contributions Act
FMFIA – Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act
FMS – Financial Management Services
FTA – Free Trade Agreement
FY – Fiscal year
GAAP – Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAO – Government Accountability Office
GI – Geographical indication
GPRA – Government Performance and Results Act
GSA – General Services Administration
IFW – Image File Wrapper
IG – Inspector General
IIPI – International Intellectual Property Institute
INL – International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Affairs
IP – Intellectual property
IPR – Intellectual property rights
IT – Information technology
JCCT – Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade
JPO – Japan Patent Office
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MEPI – Middle East Partnership Initiative
MTS – Metric Tracking System
OACS – Office Action Correspondence System
OBRA – Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
OED – Office of Enrollment and Discipline
OHIM – Office for Harmonization in the Internal
Market
OHR – Office of Human Resources
OIG – Office of the Inspector General
OIPE – Office of Initial Patent Examination
OIR – Office of International Relations
OMB – Office of Management and Budget
OPF – Official Personnel Files
PAIR – Patent Application Information Retrieval
PALM – Patent Application Location and Monitoring
PAR – Performance and accountability report
PCT – Patent Cooperation Treaty
PMA – President's Management Agenda
S&T – Science and technology
SCCRR – Standing Committee on Copyright and Related
Rights
SCORE – Supplemental Complex Repository
for Examiners
SCP – Standing Committee on the Law of
Patents
SFFAC – Statements of Federal Financial
Accounting Concepts
SFFAS – Statements of Federal Financial
Accounting Standards
SIPO – State Intellectual Property Office
SIRA – Search and Information Resources
Administration
STOP! – Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy!
TC – Technology Centers
TDA – Trilateral Document Access
TDR – Trademark Document Retrieval
TEAS – Trademark Electronic Application System
TLT – Trademark Law Treaty
TRAM – Trademark Reporting And Monitoring
TRIPs – Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property
TTAB – Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
U.S.C. – United States Code
UDRP – Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
UNECE – United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe
UPR – Utility, Plant, and Reissue
USPTO – United States Patent and Trademark Office
USTR – United States Trade Representative
WCT – WIPO Copyright Treaty
WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization
WPPT – WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
WTO – World Trade Organization |