AIPA – American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
ABC – Activity Based Cost Accounting
ABM – Activity Based Management
APJ – Administrative Patent Judge
BPAI – Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
CSRS – Civil Service Retirement System
C&A – Certification and Accreditation
Commerce – U.S. Department of Commerce
DOL – U.S. Department of Labor
EAST – Examiners Automated Search System
EFT – Electronic Funds Transfer
E-Gov – Electronic Government
EPO – European Patent Office
FASAB – Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
FECA – Federal Employees Compensation Act
FEGLI – Federal Employees Group Life Insurance
FEHB – Federal Employees Health Benefit
FERS – Federal Employees Retirement System
FFMIA – Federal Financial Management Improvement Act
FICA – Federal Insurance Contributions Act
FMFIA – Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act
FMS – Financial Management Service
FTA – Free Trade Agreement
FTAA – Free Trade Areas of the Americas
FY – Fiscal Year
GAAP – Accounting Principles General Accepted in the United States
GAO – General Accounting Office
GPRA – Government Performance and Results Act
GSA – General Services Administration
IFW – Image File Wrapper
IG – Inspector General
IP – Intellectual Property
IPR – Intellectual Property Rights
IT – Information Technology
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JPO – Japan Patent Office
KSA – Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
NPL – Non-Patent Literature
OACS – Office Action Correspondence System
OBRA – Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act
OHIM – Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
OIG – Office of the Inspector General
OMB – Office of Management and Budget
OPF – Official Personnel Folders
OPM – Office of Personnel Management
PALM – Patent Application Location and Monitoring system
PCT – Patent Cooperation Treaty
P.L. – Public Law
SCCRR – Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
SFFAC – Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Concepts
SFFAS – Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Standards
SIR – Statutory Invention Registration
S&T – Science and Technology
TLT – Trademark Law Treaty
TRAM – Trademark Reporting and Monitoring system
Treasury – U.S. Department of the Treasury
TRIPS – Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
TTAB – Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
U.S. – United States
U.S.C. – United States Code
USPTO – United States Patent and Trademark Office
USTR – U.S. Trade Representative
WCT – World Copyright Treaty
WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization
WPPT – World Performances and Phonograms Treaty
WTO – World Trade Organization
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