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	7	5	6	8	14
Year-to-date	52	3	8	9	11	15	18	24	31	36	42	50	64	64
Cases Disposed
Monthly		3	5	6	3	7	6	1	3	4	4	4	5
Year-to-date	50	3	8	14	17	24	30	31	34	38	42	46	51	51
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	46	46	46	41	40	37	34	39	43	44	46	50	59	59
Ex-Parte Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		13	7	9	11	12	12	8	13	15	9	10	6
Year-to-date	158	13	20	29	40	52	64	72	85	100	109	119	125	125
Cases Disposed
Monthly		27	11	16	26	6	20	9	8	11	9	10	20
Year-to-date	149	27	38	54	80	86	106	115	123	134	143	153	173	173
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	74	60	56	49	34	40	32	31	36	40	40	40	26	26
Inter Partes Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		5	4	15	9	5	14	7	10	8	26	5	6
Year-to-date	44	5	9	24	33	38	52	59	69	77	103	108	114	114
Cases Disposed
Monthly		2	4	4	3	3	16	3	10	16	7	6	12
Year-to-date	30	2	6	10	13	16	32	35	45	61	68	74	86	86
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	23	26	26	37	43	45	43	47	47	39	58	57	51	51
Ex Parte Appeals*
Cases Received
Monthly		1213	1132	1220	1029	1000	1207	1210	1073	1234	1067	1144	972
Year-to-date	12380	1213	2345	3565	4594	5594	6801	8011	9084	10318	11385	12529	13501	13501
Cases Disposed
Monthly		443	506	521	566	608	816	433	586	664	580	752	817
Year-to-date	7133	443	949	1470	2036	2644	3460	3893	4479	5143	5723	6475	7292	7292
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	17754	18524	19150	19849	20312	20704	21095	21872	22359	22929	23416	23808	23963	23963

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

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