IDS

IDS may stand for:International Decision Systems, No1 Software product provider in Lease and Loan Domain Institute of Development Studies, a British organisation for research, teaching and communications on international developmentIain Duncan Smith, a British politicianInformation disclosure statement, a disclosure of relevant background art to the United States Patent and Trademark Office by an applicant for a patent (pertaining to the field of patent prosecution)Integrated Deepwater System Program, a program to upgrade ships and other systems of the United States Coast GuardInternational and Diplomat SalesInternet Distribution SystemIntrusion-detection system, a software system that detects unwanted manipulations to systemsBoeing Integrated Defense Systems, a division of the Boeing CompanyInterdictor/Strike, used to describe a fighter aircraft roleIDS Center, the tallest building in Minneapolis, MinnesotaInvestors Diversified Services, now Ameriprise Financial, Inc., the original occupiers of the Minneapolis buildingInformix Dynamic Server, a relational database management system (RDBMS) sold by IBMIntegrated Data Store, one of the first database management systems (DBMS) from the 1960sInventory of Depressive Symptomatology or Inventory of Depressive Symptoms, a rating scale for clinical depressionsImaging Development Systems, a German camera manufacturerIstrian Democratic Assembly (Istarski demokratski savez), a political party in CroatiaIndiana Daily Student, Indiana University's Student NewspaperInventory Days Supply , is the number of days it would take to exhaust the current inventory balance, assuming an average cost of goods sold (variable + fixed COGS) based on the preceding three months experience. Fewer days is usually better; however, if inventories are so low that sales opportunities are lost, then higher inventories may result and negatively impact SVA.Insurance Deduction System, a piece of software by AMS Services.International dance supplies, dancewear storeQ8 International Diesel Service - A division of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
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Noun
1. (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity
(hypernym) instinct, inherent aptitude
(part-holonym) unconscious mind, unconscious
(classification) psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology

SDI, Strategic Defense Initiative, "Star Wars", American military plan for destroying incoming nuclear missiles while they are still in the air (first announced by former President Ronald Reagan)

-- see Information Disclosure Statement

Context: Patent 

a list of all patents, publications, U.S. applications, or other information submitted for consideration by the Office in a  non-provisional patent application filed under 35 U.S.C. §111(a) to comply with applicant's duty to submit to the Office information which is material to patentability of the invention claimed in the non-provisional application.

For patent applications filed under 35 U.S.C. §111(a), applicants and other individuals who are substantively involved in preparing or prosecuting a patent application must submit to the Office information which is material to patentability (could render a claim unpatentable) as defined in  37 CFR § 1.56. The provisions of 37 CFR § 1.97 and 37 CFR § 1.98 provide a mechanism for compliance with the duty of disclosure provided in 37 CFR § 1.56.

The IDS must include a list of all patents, publications, U.S. applications, or other information submitted for consideration by the Office. The USPTO provides forms for use in the submission of an IDS, the PTO/SB/08a and PTO/SB/08b.

-- see 37 CFR §§§ 1.56, 1.97 and 1.98 and MPEP 609 for more

Context: Patent 

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