List of acronyms

3D

three dimensional

AI

artificial intelligence

AIPPI

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property

API

active pharmaceutical ingredient

ATMP

advanced therapy medicinal product

CAR-T

chimeric antigen receptor T

CDR

complementarity-determining region

CGT

cell and gene therapy

COVID-19

coronavirus disease

CRISPR

clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats

DNDD

de novo drug design

EMA

European Medicines Agency

EMR

electronic medical record

EPC

European Patent Convention

EPO

European Patent Office

FDA

United States Food and Drug Administration

IDS

information disclosure statement

IP

intellectual property

IPRP

international preliminary report on patentability

ISR

international search report

JPO

Japan Patent Office

mAb

monoclonal antibody

MDAR

materials, design, analysis and reporting

ML

machine learning

NASH

non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

NK

natural killer

PCT

Patent Cooperation Treaty

PHOSITA

person having ordinary skill in the art

PPE

personal protective equipment

PPH

patent prosecution highway

S&P 500

Standard and Poor 500

UCPA

Unfair Competition Prevention Act

UK

United Kingdom

UKIPO

UK Intellectual Property Office

US

United States

USC

United States Code

USD

United States dollar

USPTO

United States Patent and Trademark Office

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization