Table 14: Summary of Contested Patent Cases
|
ITEM
|
TOTAL |
|---|---|
|
Ex parte cases
|
|
|
Appeals
1
|
|
| Cases Pending as of 9/30/04 | 1,968 |
| Cases Filed During FY 2004 | 2,469 |
|
Disposals During FY 2004, total |
|
| Decided, total | 3,452 |
| Affirmed | 1,282 |
| Affirmed-in-Part | 401 |
| Reversed | 1,290 |
| Dismissed / Withdrawn | 80 |
| Remanded | 399 |
|
Cases Pending as of 9/30/04 |
985 |
|
Rehearings |
|
| Cases Pending as of 9/30/04 | 17 |
|
Inter partes cases |
|
| Cases pending as of 9/30/04 | 107 |
| Cases declared or reinstituted during FY 2004 | 86 |
| Inter partes cases, FY 2004 total | 193 |
|
Cases terminated during FY 2004 |
117 |
| Cases pending as of 9/30/04 | 76 |
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. (back to text)
