Table 24: Actions on Petitions to the Commissioner of the USPTO
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NATURE OF PETITION
|
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Patent matters
|
|||||
|
Actions on patent petitions, total
|
37,523
|
16,461
|
49,049
|
46,568
|
44,361
|
|
Acceptance of:
|
|||||
|
Late assignments
|
85
|
30
|
42
|
33
|
432
|
|
Late issue fees
|
1,332
|
1,676
|
2,362
|
1,441
|
938
|
|
Late priority papers
|
72
|
330
|
1,184
|
1,112
|
27
|
|
Access
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
-
|
10
|
|
Certificates of correction
|
22,157
|
-
|
32,445
|
30,406
|
27,763
|
|
Deferment of issue
|
25
|
21
|
40
|
40
|
21
|
|
Entity Status Change
|
986
|
836
|
-
|
1,621
|
1,289
|
|
Filing date
|
1,375
|
2,158
|
1,776
|
1,267
|
1,815
|
|
Maintenance fees
|
1,614
|
1,614
|
2,002
|
1,913
|
2,208
|
|
Revivals
|
4,231
|
3,395
|
4,154
|
4,400
|
5,190
|
|
Rule 47 (37 CFR 1.47)
|
1,531
|
1,698
|
2,045
|
1,519
|
2,055
|
|
Supervisory authority
|
44
|
112
|
196
|
69
|
131
|
|
Suspend rules
|
875
|
1,052
|
1,441
|
1,006
|
290
|
|
Withdrawal from issue
|
991
|
1,178
|
881
|
1,451
|
1,950
|
|
Withdrawals of holding of aband./pat. lapse
|
2,201
|
2,355
|
468
|
290
|
242
|
|
Trademark matters
|
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|
Actions on trademark petitions, total
|
10,374
|
24,699
|
18,493
|
17,791
|
22,377
|
|
Affidavits of Use and extensions
|
-
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
Decision by examiner
|
23
|
14
|
20
|
23
|
10
|
|
Filing date restorations
 1
|
1,785
|
846
|
495
|
270
|
211
|
|
Grant application filing date
|
25
|
29
|
21
|
8
|
17
|
|
Inadvertently issued registrations
|
325
|
654
|
516
|
220
|
181
|
|
Interferences
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Letters of Protest
2
|
|
|
|
765
|
811
|
|
Make special
|
199
|
133
|
138
|
167
|
208
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
23
|
40
|
46
|
74
|
68
|
|
Oppositions and extensions
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
|
Record documents affecting title
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Reinstatements
3
|
2,043
|
6,304
|
3,845
|
2,972
|
1,964
|
|
Restore jurisdiction to examiner
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
19
|
3
|
|
Review board decisions
|
13
|
10
|
14
|
5
|
8
|
|
Revive
|
5,633
|
16,222
|
12,771
|
12,476
|
18,134
|
|
Section 7 correction/amendment
|
10
|
17
|
10
|
16
|
20
|
|
Section 9 renewal
|
13
|
14
|
28
|
21
|
10
|
|
Section 8 or 15
|
60
|
75
|
61
|
86
|
73
|
|
Section 44(e) Amendment
|
183
|
317
|
493
|
622
|
629
|
|
Review Letter of Protest Decision
|
8
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
|
Waive fees/refunds
|
20
|
11
|
14
|
42
|
24
|
|
Petitions awaiting action as of 9/30
|
|||||
|
Trademark petitions awaiting response
|
503
|
2,197
|
354
|
253
|
222
|
|
Trademark petitions awaiting action
|
6,060
|
582
|
1,791
|
2,179
|
379
|
|
Trademark pending filing date issues
|
24
|
12
|
8
|
1
|
7
|
Notes:
- Represents zero.
1: Trademark Applications entitled to a particular filing date; based on clear evidence of Trademark organization error. (back to text)
2: Not reported in previous years. (back to text)
3: Trademark Applications restored to pendency; inadvertently abandoned by the Trademark organization. (back to text)
