U → Z
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization an intergovernmental organization of the United Nations system. WIPO is responsible for the promotion of the protection of intellectual property throughout the world and for the administration of various multilateral treaties dealing with the legal and administrative aspects of intellectual property. | |
| USPTO | United States Patent and Trademark Office, designation became effective April 3, 2000; a result of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 |
