FY 2012 Process Production Report

FISCAL YEAR 2012

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

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences	FY11 Actual	FY12 Oct.	FY12 Nov.	FY12 Dec.	FY12 Jan.	FY12 Feb.	FY12 Mar.	FY12 Apr.	FY12 May.	FY12 Jun.	FY12 Jul.	FY12 Aug.	FY12 Sep.	FY12 Actual
CONTESTED CASES
Interferences
Cases Declared
Monthly		7	4	6	5	4	6	6	5	3	3	0	0
Year-to-date	64	7	11	17	22	26	32	38	43	46	49	49	49	49
Cases Disposed
Monthly		3	10	4	6	7	3	7	4	3	4	0	0
Year-to-date	51	3	13	17	23	30	33	40	44	47	51	51	51	51
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	59	63	57	59	58	55	58	57	58	58	57	57	57	57
Ex-Parte Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		16	7	11	5	8	7	4	13	11	15	0	0
Year-to-date	125	16	23	34	39	47	54	58	71	82	97	97	97	97
Cases Disposed
Monthly		4	9	26	12	7	7	8	7	8	16	0	0
Year-to-date	173	4	13	39	51	58	65	73	80	88	104	104	104	104
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	26	38	36	21	14	15	15	11	17	20	19	19	19	19
Inter Partes Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		17	18	17	18	10	8	15	8	22	15	0	0
Year-to-date	114	17	35	52	70	80	88	103	111	133	148	148	148	148
Cases Disposed
Monthly		5	7	7	21	13	21	18	7	17	7	0	0
Year-to-date	86	5	12	19	40	53	74	92	99	116	123	123	123	123
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	51	63	74	84	81	78	65	62	63	68	76	76	76	76
Ex Parte Appeals*
Cases Received
Monthly		1267	1083	807	921	1301	1343	1015	939	949	958	0	0
Year-to-date	13501	1267	2350	3157	4078	5379	6722	7737	8676	9625	10583	10583	10583	10583
Cases Disposed
Monthly		541	625	620	757	856	911	751	928	913	904	0	0
Year-to-date	7292	541	1166	1786	2543	3399	4310	5061	5989	6902	7806	7806	7806	7806
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	23963	24689	25147	25334	25498	25943	26375	26639	26650	26686	26740	26740	26740	26740

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

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