ABBREVIATIONS
| CCPA | Court of Customs and Patent Appeals |
| CAFC | Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit |
| CIP | Continuation-in-Part |
| EPO | European Patent Office |
| FDA | Federal Drug Administration |
| he | he or she |
| him | him or her |
| himself | himself or herself |
| NPR | non-publication request |
| MPEP | Manual of Patent Examining Procedures |
| NDA | non-disclosure agreement |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| PCT | Patent Cooperation Treaty |
| PHOSITA | Person having ordinary skill in the art |
| PRP | Patent Rules of Practice |
| PTAB | Patent Trial and Appeal Board |
| PTO | U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
| TRIPS | Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| U.S.C. 35 | Title 35 of the U.S. Code, the Patent Law |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
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