FY 2002 Ex Parte OG Report

FISCAL YEAR 2002

FY 2002 Monthly Dispositions - September 2002

TECHNOLOGY CENTER	REPORTING PERIOD	PENDING BEGINNING MONTH	APPEALS RECEIVED MONTH	AFFIRMED	MODIFIED*	REVERSED	PANEL REMANDS	ADMINISTRATIVE REMANDS	DISMISSED	TOTAL	PENDING END MONTH	INCREASE OR DECREASE MONTHLY	PERCENT OF CASE MONTH
1600	9-1-02 to 9-30-02	527	14	17	9	36	8	5	3	78	463	-64	15.0
1700	9-1-02 to 9-30-02	864	75	143	26	80	26	5	5	285	654	-210	21.2
2100	9-1-02 to 9-30-02	439	28	9	7	15	3	8	0	42	425	-14	13.8
2600	9-1-02 to 9-30-02	609	34	7	10	38	3	8	2	68	575	-34	18.6
2800	9-1-02 to 9-30-02	535	28	25	12	34	3	6	0	80	483	-52	15.6
2900	9-1-02 to 9-30-02	6	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	-1	0.2
3600	9-1-02 to 9-30-02	259	45	10	7	27	3	11	2	60	244	-15	7.9
3700	9-1-02 to 9-30-02	291	42	14	23	42	5	8	0	92	241	-50	7.8
Board Totals		3530	269	228	94	272	51	52	12	709	3090	-440	100.0

FY 2002 Cumulative Dispositions

TECHNOLOGY CENTER	REPORTING PERIOD	PENDING BEGINNING FISCAL YEAR	APPEALS RECEIVED FISCAL YEAR	AFFIRMED	MODIFIED*	REVERSED	PANEL REMANDS	ADMINISTRATIVE REMANDS	DISMISSED	TOTAL	PENDING END FISCAL YEAR	INCREASE OR DECREASE FISCAL YEAR	PERCENT OF CASE WORKLOAD
1600	10-1-01 TO 9-30-02	781	315	167	36	285	84	37	24	633	463	-318	15.0
1700	10-1-01 TO 9-30-02	1583	678	713	110	451	117	183	33	1607	654	-929	21.2
2100	10-1-01 TO 9-30-02	543	305	101	34	167	15	102	4	423	425	-118	13.8
2600	10-1-01 TO 9-30-02	678	524	125	76	266	27	126	7	627	575	-103	18.6
2800	10-1-01 TO 9-30-02	872	365	206	86	273	19	162	8	754	483	-389	15.6
2900	10-1-01 TO 9-30-02	10	18	13	0	6	1	3	0	23	5	-5	0.2
3600	10-1-01 TO 9-30-02	230	422	80	52	184	27	57	8	408	244	14	7.9
3700	10-1-01 TO 9-30-02	353	498	117	77	269	39	100	8	610	241	-112	7.8
Board Totals		5050	3125	1522	471	1901	329	770	92	5085	3090	-1960	100.0

% Decisions-Fiscal Year to Date

AFFD	MODIFIED*	REV	PANEL REMANDS	ADMINISTRATIVE REMANDS	DISM
29.9	9.3	37.4	6.5	15.1	1.8

* Affirmed-in-Part

Of the 3090 pending appeals, 2387 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 2001
CHEMICAL - Fiscal Year 2000
ELECTRICAL - Fiscal Year 2000
MECHANICAL - Fiscal Year 2002
DESIGN - Fiscal Year 2002

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