APPENDIX A: Acronyms ABC costing – ABI Activity-based information – AIA Leahy-Smith American Invents Act – CBO Congressional Budget Office – CPI-U Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as determined by the Secretary of – Labor FY Fiscal Year – IDS Information Disclosure Statement – IP Intellectual Property – IPEA/US International Preliminary Examining Authority – IRFA Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis – ISA/US International Searching Authority – ISR International Search Report – IT Information Technology – NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – OIRA Office of Information Regulatory Affairs – OMB Office of Management and Budget – PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty PPAC Patent Public Advisory Committee – PPM Patent Pendency Model – PTAB Patent and Appeal Board – R&D Research and Development – RCE Request for Continued Examination –
APPENDIX A: Acronyms ABC – costing ABI – Activity-based information AIA – Leahy-Smith American Invents Act CBO – Congressional Budget Office CPI-U – Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as determined by the Secretary of Labor FY – Fiscal Year IDS – Information Disclosure Statement IP – Intellectual Property IPEA/US – International Preliminary Examining Authority IRFA – Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis ISA/US – International Searching Authority ISR – International Search Report IT – Information Technology NPRM – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking OIRA – Office of Information Regulatory Affairs OMB – Office of Management and Budget PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty PPAC – Patent Public Advisory Committee PPM – Patent Pendency Model PTAB – Patent and Appeal Board R&D – Research and Development RCE – Request for Continued Examination
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