Table 24: Actions on Petitions to the Director of the USPTO
| NATURE OF PETITION | FN | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Patent matters
|
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|
Actions on patent
petitions, total
|
1 | 33,386 | 43,062 | 22,290 | 57,267 | 17,007 |
|
Acceptance of:
|
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|
Amendments
filed after payment of issue fee
|
15 | 22 | 15 | 18 | - | |
|
Late
assignments
|
106 | 85 | 30 | 42 | 33 | |
|
Late
issue fees
|
- | 1,332 | 1,676 | 2,362 | 1,441 | |
|
Late
priority papers
|
77 | 72 | 330 | 1,184 | 1,112 | |
|
Access
|
24 | 4 | 6 | 3 | - | |
|
Certificates of correction
|
14,111 | 22,157 | 0 | 32,445 | - | |
|
Deferment of issue
|
68 | 25 | 21 | 40 | 40 | |
|
Entity Status Change
|
888 | 986 | 836 | - | 1,621 | |
|
Filing date
|
744 | 1,375 | 2,158 | 1,776 | 1,267 | |
|
Interference
|
- | - | - | - | - | |
|
Make special:
|
- | - | - | - | - | |
|
Infringement/manufacture
|
- | - | 3 | - | - | |
|
Other
|
1,574 | 1,498 | 1,573 | 1,592 | - | |
|
Miscellaneous
|
2,323 | 1,854 | 1,411 | 2,547 | 778 | |
|
Maintenance fees
|
1,698 | 1,614 | 1,614 | 2,002 | 1,913 | |
|
Public use
|
5 | - | 3 | - | - | |
|
Reexamination proceedings
|
- | - | 6 | 2 | 67 | |
|
Restriction
|
73 | 42 | 102 | 82 | - | |
|
Revivals
|
5,084 | 4,231 | 3,395 | 4,154 | 4,400 | |
|
Rule 47 (37 CFR 1.47)
|
849 | 1,531 | 1,698 | 2,045 | 1,519 | |
|
Supervisory authority
|
75 | 44 | 112 | 196 | 69 | |
|
Suspend rules
|
942 | 875 | 1,052 | 1,441 | 1,006 | |
|
Withdrawal of attorney
|
1,401 | 2,002 | 2,530 | 3,749 | - | |
|
Withdrawal from issue
|
1,212 | 991 | 1,178 | 881 | 1,451 | |
|
Change of inventorship
|
147 | 121 | 186 | 228 | - | |
|
Withdrawals of holding of
aband./pat. lapse
|
1,970 | 2,201 | 2,355 | 468 | 290 | |
|
Trademark matters
|
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|
Actions on trademark
petitions, total
|
6,858 | 10,374 | 24,699 | 18,493 | 17,791 | |
|
Affidavits
of Use and extensions
|
31 | - | 1 | 3 | - | |
|
Decision
by examiner
|
6 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 23 | |
|
Filing
date restorations
2
|
1,311 | 1,785 | 846 | 495 | 270 | |
|
Grant
application filing date
|
66 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 8 | |
|
Inadvertently
issued registrations
|
233 | 325 | 654 | 516 | 220 | |
|
Interferences
|
2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
|
Letters of Protest
4
|
765 | |||||
|
Make
special
|
157 | 199 | 133 | 138 | 167 | |
|
Miscellaneous
|
40 | 23 | 40 | 46 | 74 | |
|
Oppositions
and extensions
|
- | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
|
Record
documents affecting title
|
- | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | |
|
Reinstatements
3
|
2,130 | 2,043 | 6,304 | 3,845 | 2,972 | |
|
Restore
jurisdiction to examiner
|
3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19 | |
|
Review
board decisions
|
6 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 5 | |
|
Revive
|
2,673 | 5,633 | 16,222 | 12,771 | 12,476 | |
|
Section 7
correction/amendment
|
- | 10 | 17 | 10 | 16 | |
|
Section 9
renewal
|
3 | 13 | 14 | 28 | 21 | |
|
Section 8
or 15
|
61 | 60 | 75 | 61 | 86 | |
|
Section
44(e) Amendment
|
102 | 183 | 317 | 493 | 622 | |
|
Review
Letter of Protest Decision
|
3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
|
Waive
fees/refunds
|
31 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 42 | |
|
Petitions awaiting action as of
9/30/04
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|
Patent matters
|
1,458 | 699 | 1,844 | 2,317 | - | |
|
Trademark petitions awaiting
response
|
158 | 503 | 2,197 | 354 | 253 | |
|
Trademark petitions awaiting
action
|
3,199 | 6,060 | 582 | 1,791 | 2,179 | |
|
Trademark pending filing date
issues
|
189 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
Notes:
- Represents zero.
1: Correction to FY 1999 Report.
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2: Trademark Applications entitled to a particular filing date;
based on clear evidence of Office error.
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3: Trademark Applications restored to pendency; inadvertently
abandoned by the Office.
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4: Not reported in previous years.
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