Table 13a. Ex Parte Reexamination
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TABLE 13A
EX PARTE REEXAMINATION |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ACTIVITY |
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001 |
|
|
Requests filed, total
|
376
|
350
|
385
|
318
|
296
|
|
| By patent owner |
157
|
168
|
173
|
137
|
144
|
|
| By third party |
215
|
178
|
181
|
172
|
150
|
|
| Commissioner ordered |
4
|
4
|
31
|
9
|
2
|
|
|
Determinations on requests, total |
391
|
348
|
367
|
338
|
342
|
|
|
Requests granted:
|
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| By examiner |
357
|
315
|
327
|
320
|
263
|
|
| By petition |
4
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
|
| Requests denied |
30
|
31
|
39
|
16
|
77
|
|
|
Requests known to have related litigation |
65
|
66
|
62
|
80
|
80
|
|
|
Filings by discipline, total |
376
|
350
|
385
|
318
|
296
|
|
| Chemical |
123
|
120
|
138
|
96
|
90
|
|
| Electrical |
100
|
94
|
107
|
103
|
89
|
|
| Mechanical |
153
|
136
|
140
|
119
|
117
|
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