Table 13a: Ex Parte Reexamination

TABLE 13A: EX PARTE REEXAMINATION
(FY 1999 - FY 2003)

ACTIVITY	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Requests filed, total	385	318	296	272	392
By patent owner	173	137	144	121	136
By third party	181	172	150	140	239
Commissioner ordered	31	9	2	11	17
Determinations on requests, total	367	338	342	272	381
Requests granted:
By examiner	327	320	263	262	360
By petition	1	2	2	1	1
Requests denied	39	16	77	9	20
Requests known to have related litigation	62	80	80	52	109
Filings by discipline, total	385	318	296	272	392
Chemical	138	96	90	87	124
Electrical	107	103	89	78	118
Mechanical	140	119	117	107	150

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