FY 2011 Process Production Report

FISCAL YEAR 2011

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

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences	FY10 Actual	FY11 Oct.	FY11 Nov.	FY11 Dec.	FY11 Jan.	FY11 Feb.	FY11 Mar.	FY11 Apr.	FY11 May.	FY11 Jun.	FY11 Jul.	FY11 Aug.	FY11 Sep.	FY11 Actual
CONTESTED CASES
Interferences
Cases Declared
Monthly		3	5	1	2	4	3	6	8	0	0	0	0
Year-to-date	52	3	8	9	11	15	18	24	32	32	32	32	32	32
Cases Disposed
Monthly		3	5	6	3	7	6	1	3	0	0	0	0
Year-to-date	50	3	8	14	17	24	30	31	34	34	34	34	34	34
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	46	46	46	41	40	37	34	39	44	44	44	44	44	44
Ex-Parte Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		13	7	9	16	12	12	8	13	0	0	0	0
Year-to-date	158	13	20	29	45	57	69	77	90	90	90	90	90	90
Cases Disposed
Monthly		27	11	16	26	6	20	8	8	0	0	0	0
Year-to-date	149	27	38	54	80	86	106	114	122	122	122	122	122	122
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	74	60	56	49	39	45	37	37	42	42	42	42	42	42
Inter Partes Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		5	4	15	4	5	14	7	10	0	0	0	0
Year-to-date	44	5	9	24	28	33	47	54	64	64	64	64	64	64
Cases Disposed
Monthly		2	4	4	3	3	15	2	10	0	0	0	0
Year-to-date	30	2	6	10	13	16	31	33	43	43	43	43	43	43
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	23	26	26	37	38	40	39	44	44	44	44	44	44	44
Ex Parte Appeals*
Cases Received
Monthly		1213	1132	1220	1029	1000	1207	1210	1073	0	0	0	0
Year-to-date	12380	1213	2345	3565	4594	5594	6801	8011	9084	9084	9084	9084	9084	9084
Cases Disposed
Monthly		443	506	521	566	608	817	435	586	0	0	0	0
Year-to-date	7133	443	949	1470	2036	2644	3461	3896	4482	4482	4482	4482	4482	4482
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	17754	18524	19150	19489	20312	20704	21094	21869	22356	22356	22356	22356	22356	22356

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

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