FY 2003 Ex Parte OG Report

FISCAL YEAR 2003

FY 2003 Monthly Dispositions - September 2003

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	9-1-03 to 9-30-03	424	22	32	9	33	9	1	0	84	362	-62	18.4
1700	9-1-03 to 9-30-03	224	24	63	9	26	7	0	0	105	143	-81	7.3
2100	9-1-03 to 9-30-03	430	14	10	5	24	3	1	1	44	400	-30	20.3
2600	9-1-03 to 9-30-03	503	24	17	4	25	4	3	0	53	474	-29	24.1
2800	9-1-03 to 9-30-03	256	52	40	4	29	6	1	3	83	225	-31	11.4
2900	9-1-03 to 9-30-03	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	2	-2	0.1
3600	9-1-03 to 9-30-03	255	27	19	9	31	3	2	3	67	215	-40	10.9
3700	9-1-03 to 9-30-03	218	11	32	10	32	8	0	0	82	147	-71	7.5
Board Totals		2314	175	213	50	203	40	8	7	521	1968	-346	100.0

FY 2003 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	10-1-02 TO 9-30-03	463	445	165	47	255	42	19	18	546	362	-101	18.4
1700	10-1-02 TO 9-30-03	654	523	598	90	250	62	24	10	1034	143	-511	7.3
2100	10-1-02 TO 9-30-03	425	293	92	33	148	11	30	4	318	400	-25	20.3
2600	10-1-02 TO 9-30-03	575	351	123	58	197	18	46	10	452	474	-101	24.1
2800	10-1-02 TO 9-30-03	483	299	212	61	209	28	38	9	557	225	-258	11.4
2900	10-1-02 TO 9-30-03	5	25	13	0	14	0	1	0	28	2	-3	0.1
3600	10-1-02 TO 9-30-03	244	415	90	62	212	31	43	6	444	215	-29	10.9
3700	10-1-02 TO 9-30-03	241	370	118	62	219	30	31	4	464	147	-94	7.5
Board Totals		3090	2721	1411	413	1504	222	232	61	3843	1968	-1122	100.0

Disposition	% Decisions Fiscal Year to Date
AFFIRMED	36.7%
MODIFIED*	10.7%
REVERSED	39.1%
PANEL REMANDS	5.8%
ADMINISTRATIVE REMANDS	6.0%
DISMISSED	1.6%
TOTAL	100.0%

* Affirmed-in-Part

Of the 1968 pending appeals, 1796 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 2002
CHEMICAL - Fiscal Year 2003
ELECTRICAL - Fiscal Year 2002
MECHANICAL - Fiscal Year 2003
DESIGN - Fiscal Year 2003

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