Table 24: Actions on Petitions to the Director of the USPTO

TABLE 24: ACTIONS ON PETITIONS TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE USPTO (FY 1999 - FY 2003)
NATURE OF PETITION			1999	FN	2000	2001	2002	2003
Patent matters
Actions on patent petitions, total			31,555	1	33,386	43,062	22,290	57,267
Acceptance of:
Amendments filed after payment of issue fee			19		15	22	15	18
Late assignments			69		106	85	30	42
Late issue fees			-		-	1,332	1,676	2,362
Late priority papers			46		77	72	330	1,184
Access			9		24	4	6	3
Certificates of correction			17,583		14,111	22,157	0	32,445
Deferment of issue			52		68	25	21	40
Entity Status Change			569		888	986	836	-
Filing date			529		744	1,375	2,158	1,776
Interference			3		-	-	-	-
Make special:			-		-	-	-	-
Infringement/manufacture			-		-	-	3	-
Other			1,502		1,574	1,498	1,573	1,592
Miscellaneous			920		2,323	1,854	1,411	2,547
Maintenance fees			1,474		1,698	1,614	1,614	2,002
Public use			-		5	-	3	-
Reexamination proceedings			17		-	-	6	2
Restriction			75		73	42	102	82
Revivals			4,158		5,084	4,231	3,395	4,154
Rule 47 (37 CFR 1.47)			407		849	1,531	1,698	2,045
Supervisory authority			66		75	44	112	196
Suspend rules			861		942	875	1,052	1,441
Withdrawal of attorney			-		1,401	2,002	2,530	3,749
Withdrawal from issue			862		1,212	991	1,178	881
Change of inventorship			80		147	121	186	228
Withdrawals of holding of aband./pat. lapse			1,854		1,970	2,201	2,355	468
Trademark matters
Actions on trademark petitions, total			5,863		6,858	10,374	24,699	18,493
Affidavits of Use and extensions			168		31	-	1	3
Decision by examiner			3		6	23	14	20
Filing date restorations   2			1,402		1,311	1,785	846	495
Grant application filing date			656		66	25	29	21
Inadvertently issued registrations			253		233	325	654	516
Interferences			-		2	1	2	-
Make special			160		157	199	133	138
Miscellaneous			76		40	23	40	46
Oppositions and extensions			30		-	6	3	4
Record documents affecting title			2		-	2	1	4
Reinstatements   3			1,501		2,130	2,043	6,304	3,845
Restore jurisdiction to examiner			10		3	2	2	8
Review board decisions			40		6	13	10	14
Revive			1,262		2,673	5,633	16,222	12,771
Section 7 correction/amendment			14		-	10	17	10
Section 9 renewal			6		3	13	14	28
Section 8 or 15			17		61	60	75	61
Section 44(e) Amendment   4			131		102	183	317	493
Review Letter of Protest Decision   4			5		3	8	4	2
Waive fees/refunds			127		31	20	11	14
Petitions awaiting action as of 9/30/03
Patent matters			2,389		1,458	699	1,844	2,317
Trademark petitions awaiting response			22		158	503	2,197	354
Trademark petitions awaiting action			651		3,199	6,060	582	1,791
Trademark pending filing date issues   4			-		189	24	12	8

- 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.  
/4 Not reported in previous years.   

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