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 * 1) Administrative Instructions
 * 2) Annex F
 * 3) appeal (trademark)
 * 4) application (trademark)
 * 5) benefit claim
 * 6) bio-sequence listings
 * 7) blackout period
 * 8) BPAIIS
 * 9) cancellation proceeding
 * 10) canceled (patent)
 * 11) canceled claim
 * 12) CEAR
 * 13) certificate of mailing
 * 14) certificate of registration
 * 15) CFO/CAO
 * 16) classification of goods and services
 * 17) combination patent
 * 18) common inventor
 * 19) common law rights
 * 20) composed of
 * 21) confirmation number
 * 22) Contracting State
 * 23) continued use
 * 24) Control No.
 * 25) current filing basis
 * 26) customer number
 * 27) Design Code Search Manual
 * 28) design patent application
 * 29) DiD
 * 30) disclosure document
 * 31) domestic representative
 * 32) eDAN
 * 33) EFS-ABX
 * 34) electronic file wrapper
 * 35) enforceability of patent
 * 36) eTAS
 * 37) eTEAS
 * 38) examination copy
 * 39) examiner's amendment
 * 40) examining attorney
 * 41) excusable nonuse
 * 42) express abandonment
 * 43) extension request
 * 44) Fastener Quality Act
 * 45) FFMIA
 * 46) file wrapper
 * 47) filing basis
 * 48) filing receipt
 * 49) FMFIA
 * 50) Draft:Georgia-Pacific_Corp._v._United_States_Plywood_Corp.
 * 51) GICP
 * 52) Group Art Unit
 * 53) home copy
 * 54) identification of goods and/or services
 * 55) IFW
 * 56) incontestability
 * 57) informal application
 * 58) intent to use
 * 59) issue date (patent)
 * 60) JCCT
 * 61) joint application
 * 62) kind codes
 * 63) Markush doctrine
 * 64) MiTEAS
 * 65) national stage application
 * 66) Native American Tribal Insignia
 * 67) NIPLECC
 * 68) NOCC
 * 69) nonprovisional patent application
 * 70) non-responsive amendment
 * 71) normal publication
 * 72) notice of abandonment
 * 73) notice of allowability
 * 74) notice of allowance and fees due
 * 75) notice of allowance
 * 76) notice of publication
 * 77) notice of references cited
 * 78) OACS
 * 79) OBRA
 * 80) OEIP
 * 81) OG - Patents
 * 82) OG - Trademarks
 * 83) OIIP
 * 84) OIPE
 * 85) OLIA (superceded)
 * 86) original application
 * 87) original filing basis
 * 88) PAIR
 * 89) PASAT
 * 90) Patent and Trademark Depository Library
 * 91) patent application publication
 * 92) patent number
 * 93) payor number
 * 94) PBG Final Rule
 * 95) PCT Regulations
 * 96) PEAI
 * 97) petitions (patent matters)
 * 98) petition to revive an application (trademark matters)
 * 99) plant application (patent)
 * 100) POIS
 * 101) postcard receipt
 * 102) PPAC
 * 103) precautionary designation
 * 104) primary examiner
 * 105) PrinTEAS
 * 106) prior art (reference)
 * 107) priority action
 * 108) pseudo mark
 * 109) PSIPS
 * 110) PTDL
 * 111) PTOL
 * 112) publication for opposition
 * 113) publication number
 * 114) record copy
 * 115) recordation form cover sheet
 * 116) reference (prior art)
 * 117) registration number
 * 118) reissue application
 * 119) rejoinder
 * 120) representation of mark
 * 121) REPS
 * 122) Request (PCT)
 * 123) request for extension of time to file a statement of use
 * 124) request to reinstate an application
 * 125) search copy
 * 126) Section 8 Declaration of Continued Use
 * 127) Section 8 Declaration of Excusable Nonuse
 * 128) Section 9 Renewal Application
 * 129) Section 15 Declaration of Incontestability
 * 130) sequence listing
 * 131) series code
 * 132) service component
 * 133) SFFAC
 * 134) SFFAS
 * 135) SITP
 * 136) small business concern
 * 137) small entity
 * 138) standard character format
 * 139) statement of net cost
 * 140) statement of use
 * 141) statutory disclaimer
 * 142) stylized mark
 * 143) subsequent designation
 * 144) substantive reasons for refusal
 * 145) substitute patent application
 * 146) surcharge due
 * 147) suspension letter
 * 148) suspension inquiry letter
 * 149) TARR
 * 150) Technology Center
 * 151) TEAS
 * 152) TICRS
 * 153) TLT
 * 154) TPAC
 * 155) TPostal
 * 156) Trademark Act
 * 157) Trademark Application and Registration Retrieval
 * 158) Trademark Electronic Application System
 * 159) Trademark Electronic Search System
 * 160) TW@H
 * 161) typed mark
 * 162) use-based application
 * 163) use in commerce
 * 164) utility patent application
 * 165) window close
 * 166) window open
 * 167) withdrawn claim
 * 168) withdrawn patent
 * 169) workflow incoming amendment IFW