FY 2009 Process Production Report

FISCAL YEAR 2009

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Process Production Report

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences	FY08 Actual	FY09 Oct.	FY09 Nov.	FY09 Dec.	FY09 Jan.	FY09 Feb.	FY09 Mar.	FY09 Apr.	FY09 May.	FY09 Jun.	FY09 Jul.	FY09 Aug.	FY09 Sep.	FY09 Actual
CONTESTED CASES
Interferences
Cases Declared
Monthly		1	4	9	1	11	5	3	2	6	5	5	3
Year-to-date	66	1	5	14	15	26	31	34	36	42	47	52	55	55
Cases Disposed
Monthly		2	3	8	2	7	10	7	8	4	0	6	6
Year-to-date	74	2	5	13	15	22	32	39	47	51	51	57	63	63
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	52	51	52	53	52	56	51	47	41	43	48	47	44	44
Ex-Parte Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		15	12	10	7	9	7	9	18	11	2	8	11
Year-to-date	86	15	27	37	44	53	60	69	87	98	100	108	119	119
Cases Disposed
Monthly		3	4	8	10	15	0	3	6	12	8	12	15
Year-to-date	40	3	7	15	25	40	40	43	49	61	69	81	96	96
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	55	67	75	77	74	68	75	81	93	92	86	82	78	78
Inter Partes Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		1	1	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	1
Year-to-date	4	1	2	5	8	9	12	12	12	12	14	14	15	15
Cases Disposed
Monthly		0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1
Year-to-date	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	9
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	4	5	6	7	10	11	14	13	12	10	11	10	10	10
Ex Parte Appeals*
Cases Received
Monthly		1078	854	914	922	1131	1381	2967	1623	1341	1230	969	939
Year-to-date	6295	1078	1932	2846	3768	4899	6280	9247	10870	12211	13441	14410	15349	15349
Cases Disposed
Monthly		231	394	530	465	527	823	458	516	663	605	704	841
Year-to-date	4899	231	625	1155	1620	2147	2970	3428	3944	4607	5212	5916	6757	6757
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	3897	4744	5204	5588	6045	6649	7207	9716	10823	11501	12126	12391	12489	12489

* Ex parte appeals of applications for patents, not including ex parte reexamination or inter partes reexamination appeals.

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