Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Parent Teacher Organization
- abbreviation please turn over
- abbreviation power takeoff
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism United States Patent and Trademark Office, usually abbreviated
USPTO . - initialism Please turn over (written at the end of the text on a page to say that it continues overleaf)
- initialism Parent teacher organization
- initialism Paid time off
- initialism power take-off, a powered shaft for driving auxiliary equipment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a device that transfers power from an engine (as in a tractor or other motor vehicle) to another piece of equipment (as to a pump or jackhammer)
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Examples
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Cir. was established — the PTO is the ultimate repeat player.
Rochelle Dreyfuss on the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Cir. was established — the PTO is the ultimate repeat player.
Archive 2009-10-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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"This decision by the PTO is final and not appealable by EchoStar," TiVo said.
Patent Office Backs TiVo's DVR Claims Kathy Shwiff 2010
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PTO is basically a review and record-keeping agency.
Matthew Yglesias » At The Department of Forgotten Cabinet Secretaries 2009
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The acronym PTO is the most popular name, but other common monikers include PCC, PTG, and HSA.
Mother Talkers 2008
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While this drop in filings will hurt the PTO's bottom line at some future date, the more immediate problem for the PTO is the rising rate of abandonment.
Archive 2009-03-01 Peter Zura 2009
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The PTO, which is funded through fees collected from its users, suspended overtime pay for patent examiners effective Sunday and earlier this year instituted a hiring freeze amid a slump in the number of patent applications filed.
USPTO Bailout Bill Introduced Peter Zura 2009
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The PTO, which is funded through fees collected from its users, suspended overtime pay for patent examiners effective Sunday and earlier this year instituted a hiring freeze amid a slump in the number of patent applications filed.
Archive 2009-06-01 Peter Zura 2009
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While this drop in filings will hurt the PTO's bottom line at some future date, the more immediate problem for the PTO is the rising rate of abandonment.
Doll Confirms that Budget Crisis Is Affecting USPTO Peter Zura 2009
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One area Rai identifies as problematic is the fee-based system at the PTO, which is skewed so that patentees, in effect, subsidize unsuccessful applicants:
The Quest For Managerial Control at the USPTO - Is Fee Regulation the Answer? Peter Zura 2009
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