Table 14: Summary of Contested Patent Cases
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ITEM
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TOTAL |
|---|---|
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Ex parte cases
|
|
|
Appeals
 1
|
|
|
Cases Pending as of 9/30/05
|
985 |
|
Cases Filed During FY 2005
|
2,834 |
|
Disposals During FY 2005, total |
|
|
Decided, total
|
2,937 |
|
Affirmed
|
1,121 |
|
Affirmed-in-Part
|
366 |
|
Reversed
|
1,163 |
|
Dismissed / Withdrawn
|
111 |
|
Remanded
|
176 |
|
Cases Pending as of 9/30/05 |
882 |
|
Rehearings |
|
|
Cases Pending as of 9/30/05
|
21 |
|
Inter partes cases |
|
|
Cases pending as of 9/30/05
|
76 |
|
Cases declared or reinstituted during FY 2005
|
94 |
|
Inter partes cases, FY 2005 total
|
170 |
|
Cases terminated during FY 2005 |
96 |
|
Cases pending as of 9/30/05
|
74 |
|
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) |
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