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