| CII | Computer Implemented Invention |
| DOC | Department Of Commerce (U.S.) |
| DOCDB | DOCument DataBase |
| EDP | Electronic Data Processing |
| EPC | European Patent Convention |
| EPO | European Patent Office (Organisation) |
| FAOM | First office Action On Merits |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| FYROM | Former Yugoslavian Republic Of Macedonia |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INPIT | National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training |
| IP | Intellectual Property |
| IPAU | IP Australia |
| IPC | International Patent Classification |
| IPEA | International Preliminary Examination Authority |
| IPR | Intellectual Property Right |
| ISA | International Searching Authority |
| IT | Information Technology |
| JP-FIRST | JP-Fast Information Release STrategy |
| JPO | Japan Patent Office |
| KIPO | Korean Intellectual Property Office |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PATLIB | European Patent Information centres |
| PATSTAT | EPO's worldwide patent statistic database |
| PCIIP | Policy Committee on Innovation and Intellectual Property (Japan) |
| PCT | Patent Cooperation Treaty |
| PLT | Patent Law Treaty |
| PPH | Patent prosecution highway |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RO | Receiving Office |
| SIPO | State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R. China |
| STOP! | Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy |
| TRIPS | Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| TSR | Trilateral Statistical Report |
| U.S. | United States of America |
| USPTO | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |