FY 2012 Process Production Report

FISCAL YEAR 2012

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Process Production Report

Patent Trial and Appeal Board	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	5	2
Year-to-date	64	7	11	17	22	26	32	38	43	46	49	54	56	56
Cases Disposed
Monthly		3	10	4	6	7	3	7	4	3	4	5	6
Year-to-date	51	3	13	17	23	30	33	40	44	47	51	56	62	62
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	59	63	57	59	58	55	58	57	58	58	57	57	53	53
Ex-Parte Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		16	7	11	5	8	7	4	13	11	15	3	15
Year-to-date	125	16	23	34	39	47	54	58	71	82	97	100	115	115
Cases Disposed
Monthly		4	9	26	12	7	7	8	7	8	16	9	6
Year-to-date	173	4	13	39	51	58	65	73	80	88	104	113	119	119
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	26	38	36	21	14	15	15	11	17	20	19	13	22	22
Inter Partes Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		17	18	17	18	10	8	15	8	22	15	6	8
Year-to-date	114	17	35	52	70	80	88	103	111	133	148	154	162	162
Cases Disposed
Monthly		5	7	7	21	13	21	18	7	17	7	16	10
Year-to-date	86	5	12	19	40	53	74	92	99	116	123	139	149	149
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	51	63	74	84	81	78	65	62	63	68	76	66	64	64
Ex Parte Appeals*
Cases Received
Monthly		1267	1083	807	921	1301	1343	1015	939	949	958	1056	794
Year-to-date	13501	1267	2350	3157	4078	5379	6722	7737	8676	9625	10583	11639	12433	12433
Cases Disposed
Monthly		541	625	620	757	856	911	751	928	913	904	1001	1105
Year-to-date	7292	541	1166	1786	2543	3399	4310	5061	5989	6902	7806	8807	9912	9912
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	23963	24689	25147	25334	25498	25943	26375	26639	26650	26686	26740	26795	26484	26484

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

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