Table 14: Summary of Contested Patent Cases
|
ITEM
|
TOTAL |
|---|---|
|
Ex parte cases
|
|
|
Appeals
|
|
|
Cases Pending as of 9/30/05
|
882 |
|
Cases Filed During FY 2006
|
3,349 |
|
Disposals During FY 2006, total |
|
|
Decided, total
|
2,874 |
|
Affirmed
|
1,256 |
|
Affirmed-in-Part
|
348 |
|
Reversed
|
1,001 |
|
Dismissed / Withdrawn
|
90 |
|
Remanded
|
179 |
|
Cases Pending as of 9/30/06 |
1,357 |
|
Rehearings |
|
|
Cases Pending as of 9/30/06
|
7 |
|
Inter partes cases |
|
|
Cases pending as of 9/30/05
|
74 |
|
Cases declared or reinstituted during
FY 2006
|
129 |
|
Inter partes cases, FY 2006 total
|
203 |
|
Cases terminated during FY 2006 |
107 |
|
Cases pending as of 9/30/06
|
96 |
