| Acronym | Meaning |
| DPCI | Derwent Patents Citation Index |
| EFM | Electric Force Microscopy |
| PIMS | Process Information Management System |
| CPS | Centimeter/second Viscosity Measurement |
| IFRTS | Internal-floating-roof Tanks |
| HESI | Health And Environmental Sciences Institute |
| SBE | Starch Branching Enzyme |
| HOESY | Heteronuclear Overhauser Enhancement Spectroscopy |
| FEGO | Floating Ellipsoidal Gaussian Orbital |
| FTTA | Federal Technology Transfer Act |