EDW: Enterprise Data Warehouse.
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EDS: Enterprise Directory Services.
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eDAN: Electronic Desktop Application Navigator.
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eComm: Electronic Commerce Portal.
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EBC: Electronic Business Center assists customers with filing their electronic application submissions.
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EAST: Examiner Automated Search Tools is a system used by patent examiners within the USPTO.
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EAI: Enterprise Application Integration.
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EA: Enterprise Architecture.
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e-Gov: Electronic Government.
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DTD: Document Type Definition is a format specification file that accompanies documents prepared according to SGML (standard generalized markup language), including XML (extensible markup language).
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DRM: Data Reference Model (also known as a "data and information reference model) describes the data and information that support program and line operations.
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Drawing (trademarks): A depiction of the trademark sought to be registered, which must be included in an application.
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Drawing (patent): Patent drawings must show every feature of the invention as specified in the claims. Omission of drawings may cause an application to be considered incomplete but are only required if drawings are necessary for the understanding of the subject matter sought to be patented.
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Domicile Address (trademarks): The place where an individual applicant resides and intends to be their principal home. Or, for an applicant that is a juristic entity, the principal place of business (i.e., headquarters) where the entity's senior executives or officers ordinarily direct and control the entity's activities.
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Domestic Benefit Claim: A claim for the benefit of the filing date of a prior-filed provisional application, nonprovisional application, international (PCT) application designating the United States, or international design application designating the United States.
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DOC: Department of Commerce.
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DO: Designated Office is the national Office or intergovernmental organization acting for the Contracting State designated by the applicant under Chapter I of the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
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DNS: Domain Name Service.
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Divulgation: Non-Confidential written or verbal disclosure of specific and critical aspects of an invention or display or distribution of samples of the invention such that its make-up is discernable. Will result in the forfeiture of foreign patents.
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Divisional Application: A later application for an independent or distinct invention, carved out of a non-provisional application (including a nonprovisional application resulting from an international application or international design application), an international application designating the United States, or an international design application designating the United States and disclosing and claiming only subject matter disclosed in the earlier or parent application, is known as a divisional application.
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