United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 12 November 2002
FISCAL YEAR 2002
BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
RECEIPTS AND DISPOSITIONS BY GROUPS
EX PARTE APPEALS
FY 2002 MONTHLY DISPOSITIONS- SEPTEMBER 2002
TECHNOLOGY | REPORTING | BEGINNING | RECEIVED | PANEL | ADMINISTRATIVE | END | DECREASE | OF CASE | |||||
CENTER | PERIOD | MONTH | MONTH | AFFIRMED | MODIFIED | REVERSED | REMANDS | REMANDS | DISMISSED | TOTAL | MONTH | MONTH | MONTH |
1600 | 9-1-2002 to 9-30-2002 | 527 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 78 | 463 | -64 | 15.0 |
1700 | 9-1-2002 to 9-30-2002 | 864 | 75 | 143 | 26 | 80 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 285 | 654 | -210 | 21.2 |
2100 | 9-1-2002 to 9-30-2002 | 439 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 425 | -14 | 13.8 |
2600 | 9-1-2002 to 9-30-2002 | 609 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 68 | 575 | -34 | 18.6 |
2800 | 9-1-2002 to 9-30-2002 | 535 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 483 | -52 | 15.6 |
2900 | 9-1-2002 to 9-30-2002 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 0.2 |
3600 | 9-1-2002 to 9-30-2002 | 259 | 45 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 60 | 244 | -15 | 7.9 |
3700 | 9-1-2002 to 9-30-2002 | 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
PENDING | APPEALS | PENDING | INCREASE/ | PERCENT | |||||||||
TECHNOLOGY | REPORTING | BEGINNING | RECEIVED | PANEL | ADMINISTRATIVE | END | DECREASE | OF CASE | |||||
CENTER | PERIOD | FISCAL YEAR | FISCAL YEAR | AFFIRMED | MODIFIED* | REVERSED | REMANDS | REMANDS | DISMISSED | TOTAL | FISCAL YEAR | FISCAL YEAR | 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 |
* AFFIRMED-IN-PART
AFFD | MODIFIED | REV | PANEL REMANDS | ADMINISTRATIVE REMANDS | DISM | |
% DECISIONS-FISCAL YEAR TO DATE | 29.9 | 9.3 | 37.4 | 6.5 | 15.1 | 1.8 |
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 |