Table 13a: Ex Parte Reexamination

TABLE 13A: EX PARTE REEXAMINATION
(FY 2000 - FY 2004)

ACTIVITY	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Requests filed, total	318	296	272	392	441
By patent owner	137	144	121	136	166
By third party	172	150	140	239	268
Commissioner ordered	9	2	11	17	7
Determinations on requests, total	338	342	272	381	419
Requests granted:
By examiner	320	263	262	360	408
By petition	2	2	1	1	0
Requests denied	16	77	9	20	11
Requests known to have related litigation	80	80	52	109	138
Filings by discipline, total	318	296	272	392	441
Chemical	96	90	87	124	130
Electrical	103	89	78	118	156
Mechanical	119	117	107	150	155

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