FY 2001 Ex Parte OG Report
FISCAL YEAR 2001
Receipts and Dispositions by Technology Centers for Ex Parte Appeals
FY 2001 Monthly Dispositions - September 2001
TECHNOLOGY CENTER REPORTING PERIOD PENDING BEGINNING MONTH APPEALS RECEIVED MONTH AFFIRMED MODIFIED* REVERSED REMANDS DISMISSED WITHDRAWALS TOTAL PENDING END MONTH INCREASE OR DECREASE MONTHLY PERCENT OF CASE MONTH 1600 9-1-01 to 9-30-01 845 13 17 4 39 13 4 0 77 781 -64 15.5 1700 9-1-01 to 9-30-01 1733 33 99 11 59 13 2 0 184 1582 -151 31.3 2100 9-1-01 to 9-30-01 540 38 7 6 19 2 1 0 35 543 3 10.8 2600 9-1-01 to 9-30-01 698 31 5 7 35 3 1 0 51 678 -20 13.4 2800 9-1-01 to 9-30-01 908 31 23 8 25 4 0 0 60 879 -29 17.4 2900 9-1-01 to 9-30-01 23 1 9 0 4 0 0 0 13 11 -12 0.2 3600 9-1-01 to 9-30-01 269 16 9 13 30 9 0 0 61 224 -45 4.4 3700 9-1-01 to 9-30-01 395 55 35 18 30 15 0 0 98 352 -43 7.0 Board Totals 5411 218 204 67 241 59 8 0 579 5050 -361 100.0
FY 2001 Cumulative Dispositions
TECHNOLOGY CENTER REPORTING PERIOD PENDING BEGINNING FISCAL YEAR APPEALS RECEIVED FISCAL YEAR AFFIRMED MODIFIED* REVERSED REMANDS DISMISSED WITHDRAWALS TOTAL PENDING END FISCAL YEAR INCREASE OR DECREASE FISCAL YEAR PERCENT OF CASE WORKLOAD 1600 10-1-00 TO 9-30-01 716 776 169 44 283 172 43 0 711 781 65 15.5 1700 10-1-00 TO 9-30-01 2413 819 669 101 480 352 48 0 1650 1582 -831 31.3 2100 10-1-00 TO 9-30-01 544 335 76 33 136 83 8 0 336 543 -1 10.8 2600 10-1-00 TO 9-30-01 871 386 125 67 256 120 11 0 579 678 -193 13.4 2800 10-1-00 TO 9-30-01 996 660 234 72 284 169 17 0 776 879 -116 17.4 2900 10-1-00 TO 9-30-01 36 26 25 6 16 4 0 0 51 11 -25 0.2 3600 10-1-00 TO 9-30-01 322 323 85 60 195 75 6 0 421 224 -98 4.4 3700 10-1-00 TO 9-30-01 424 530 158 82 234 118 10 0 602 352 -72 7.0 Board Totals 6322 3855 1541 465 1884 1093 143 0 5126 5050 -1272 100.0
% Decisions-Fiscal Year to Date AFFD MODIFIED* REV REMANDS DISM W/D 30.1 9.1 36.8 21.3 2.8 0.0* Affirmed-in-Part
Of the 5050 pending appeals, 2224 are currently assigned to administrative patent judge dockets.
With the exception of a limited number of appeals involving special circumstances, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences is currently deciding appeals received at the Board as follows:BIOTECH - Fiscal Year 1999
CHEMICAL - Fiscal Year 1998
ELECTRICAL - Fiscal Year 1999
MECHANICAL - Fiscal Year 2000
DESIGN - Fiscal Year 2001
