Table 14: Summary of Contested Patent Cases

TABLE 14: SUMMARY OF CONTESTED PATENT CASES
(Within the Patent and Trademark Office, as of September 30, 2003)

ITEM	TOTAL
Ex parte cases
Appeals  1
Cases Pending as of 9/30/03	3,090
Cases Filed During FY 2003	2,721
Disposals During FY 2003, total
Decided, total	3,843
Affirmed	1,411
Affirmed-in-Part	413
Reversed	1,504
Dismissed / Withdrawn	61
Remanded	454
Cases Pending as of 9/30/03	1,968
Rehearings
Cases Pending as of 9/30/03
Inter partes cases
Cases pending as of 9/30/03	171
Cases declared or reinstituted during FY 2003	95
Inter partes cases, FY 03 total	266
Cases terminated during FY 2003	159
Cases pending as of 9/30/03	107

Notes:

 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.  

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