BPAI Performance Measures 2013

FISCAL YEAR 2013

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Performance Measures1st Qtr2nd Qtr3rd Qtr4th QtrFY13 Cumulative
APPEAL PENDENCY MEASURES     
Pendency of decided appeals from Appeal number assignment date to decision date (average number of months)25272626 
Pendency of decided appeals from Notice of Appeal (average number of months)36373636 
INTERFERENCE PENDENCY MEASURES     
Pendency of terminated Interferences (average number of months)1017101813
Interferences Terminated in less than 2 years (% of Interferences Terminated)95.0%83.0% 100.0%67.0%88.0%