Table 14. Summary of Contested Patent Cases
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TABLE 14
SUMMARY OF CONTESTED PATENT CASES |
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ITEM |
TOTAL
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Ex parte cases
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Appeals /1
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Cases Pending as of 9/30/00
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6,322
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Cases Filed During FY 01
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3,854
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Disposals During FY 01, total |
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Decided, total
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5,126
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Affirmed
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1,541
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Affirmed-in-Part
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465
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Reversed
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1,884
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Dismissed / Withdrawn
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143
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Remanded
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1,093
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Cases Pending as of 9/30/01 |
5,050
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Rehearings
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Cases Pending as of 9/30/01
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36
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Inter partes cases
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Cases pending as of 9/30/00
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286
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Cases declared or reinstituted during FY 01
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124
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Inter partes cases, FY 01 total |
410
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Cases terminated during FY 01
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193
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Cases pending as of 9/30/01
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217
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| 1/ Jurisdiction of an appeal passes to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences after the examiner has written the answer and after the time for filing a reply brief to the answer has passed. | ||||
