Table 24. Actions on Petitions to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
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TABLE 24
ACTIONS ON PETITIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS |
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NATURE OF PETITION |
1997
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1998 | 1999 | FN | 2000 | 2001 | ||
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Patent matters
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34,556
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33,353
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30,586
|
/1
|
32,498
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42,076
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Actions on patent petitions, total
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Acceptance of:
|
71
|
35
|
19
|
15
|
22
|
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Amendments filed after payment of issue fee
|
245
|
691
|
69
|
106
|
85
|
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Late assignments
|
685
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,332
|
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|
Late issue fees
|
65
|
62
|
46
|
77
|
72
|
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Late priority papers
|
17
|
16
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9
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24
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4
|
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Access
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16,691
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16,044
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17,583
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14,111
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22,157
|
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Certificates of correction
|
24
|
22
|
52
|
68
|
25
|
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Deferment of issue
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1,442
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926
|
529
|
744
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1,375
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Filing date
|
-
|
-
|
3
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-
|
-
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Interference
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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-
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Make special:
|
1
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4
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-
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-
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-
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Infringement/manufacture
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1,179
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1,328
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1,502
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1,574
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1,498
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Other
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4,554
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2,690
|
920
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2,323
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1,854
|
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Miscellaneous
|
970
|
976
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1,474
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1,698
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1,614
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Maintenance fees
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
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Public use
|
42
|
39
|
17
|
-
|
-
|
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Reexamination proceedings
|
54
|
73
|
75
|
73
|
42
|
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Restriction
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2,826
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3,466
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4,158
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5,084
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4,231
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Revivals
|
407
|
419
|
407
|
849
|
1,531
|
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|
Rule 47 (37 CFR 1.47)
|
551
|
2,491
|
66
|
75
|
44
|
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Supervisory authority
|
838
|
724
|
861
|
942
|
875
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Suspend rules
|
669
|
870
|
-
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1,401
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2,002
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Withdrawal of attorney
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761
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385
|
862
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1,212
|
991
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Withdrawal from issue
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323
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127
|
80
|
147
|
121
|
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Change of inventorship
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2,132
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1,965
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1,854
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1,970
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2,201
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Withdrawals of holding of aband./pat. lapse
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Trademark matters |
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Actions on trademark petitions, total
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4,657
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4,479
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5,863
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6,858
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10,374
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Affidavits of Use and extensions
|
128
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192
|
168
|
31
|
-
|
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Decision by examiner
|
12
|
7
|
3
|
6
|
23
|
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Filing date restorations /2
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1,408
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634
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1,402
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1,311
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1,785
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Grant application filing date
|
61
|
55
|
656
|
66
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25
|
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Inadvertently issued registrations
|
237
|
197
|
253
|
233
|
325
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Interferences
|
1
|
1
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-
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2
|
1
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Make special
|
104
|
124
|
160
|
157
|
199
|
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Miscellaneous
|
28
|
170
|
76
|
40
|
23
|
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Oppositions and extensions
|
15
|
9
|
30
|
-
|
6
|
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Record documents affecting title
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
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Reinstatements /3
|
1,501
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1,307
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1,501
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2,130
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2,043
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Restore jurisdiction to examiner
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1
|
3
|
10
|
3
|
2
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Review board decisions
|
21
|
3
|
40
|
6
|
13
|
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Revive
|
977
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1,552
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1,262
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2,673
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5,633
|
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Section 7 correction/amendment
|
10
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5
|
14
|
-
|
10
|
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Section 9 renewal
|
7
|
4
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6
|
3
|
13
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Section 8 or 15
|
70
|
32
|
17
|
61
|
60
|
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Section 44(e) Amendment*
|
-
|
-
|
131
|
102
|
183
|
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Review Letter of Protest Decision*
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
3
|
8
|
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Waive fees/refunds
|
72
|
182
|
127
|
31
|
20
|
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Petitions awaiting action as of 9/30 |
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Patent matters
|
3,779
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2,589
|
2,389
|
1,458
|
699
|
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Trademark petitions awaiting response
|
56
|
74
|
22
|
158
|
503
|
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Trademark petitions awaiting action
|
560
|
69
|
651
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3,199
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6,060
|
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Trademark pending filing date issues *
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
189
|
24
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| - Represents zero. /1 Correction to FY 1999 Report /2 Trademark Applications entitled to a particular filing date; based on clear evidence of Office error. /3 Trademark Applications restored to pendency; inadvertently abandoned by the Office. * Not reported in previous years. |
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