TTAB New Filings and Performance Measures
FISCAL YEAR 2012
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Type of Filing
|
FY 10 Cumulative |
FY 11 Cumulative |
1st Qtr FY 12 |
2nd Qtr FY 12 |
|
Appeals
|
2,895 | 2,639 | 695 | 677 |
| Extensions of time to oppose | 15,424 | 16,420 | 3,999 | 4,116 |
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Oppositions
|
4,513 | 4,985 | 1,262 | 1,252 |
| Cancellations | 1,374 |
1,362
|
357 | 362 |
| Final Decisions on Merits (Appeals and Trial Cases Combined) |
FY 10 Cumulative |
FY 11 Cumulative |
1st Qtr FY 12 |
2nd Qtr FY 12 |
| Maturing to RFD (Ready for Decision) | 536 | 565 | 163 | 166 |
| Issued Decisions | 457 | 452 | 83 | 149 |
| Average Pendency of Issued Decisions, RFD to mailing | 12.4 weeks | 17.9 weeks | 21.2 weeks | 23.7 weeks |
| Awaiting Decision at end of Period | 127 | 213 | 289 | 295 |
| Commencement to completion processing times | FY 10 Cumulative | FY 11 Cumulative |
1st Qtr FY 12 |
2nd Qtr FY 12 |
| Average Total Pendency, Appeals | 45.5 weeks | 51.2 weeks |
73.7 weeks [65.7 weeks]* |
98.2 weeks [62.2 weeks]@ |
| Median Total Pendency, Appeals | 38 weeks | 43 weeks |
48 weeks [47 weeks]* |
53 weeks [52 weeks]@ |
| Average Total Pendency, Trial Cases | 203.7 weeks | 213.3 weeks | 197.9 weeks | 192.4 Weeks |
| Median Total Pendency, Trial Cases | 169 weeks | 176 weeks | 165.5 weeks | 179 weeks |
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Average Total Pendency, ACR Trial Cases (# ACR Decisions) |
95 weeks (6 cases) |
109.3 weeks (6 cases) |
189.3 weeks (3 cases)# |
116.75 weeks (4 cases) |
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NOTES:
* 1st Quarter bracketed appeals figures exclude two companion cases first appealed in March 2006, but promptly remanded to examining attorney. Those appeals were not resumed until January 2011.
@ 2nd Quarter bracketed appeals figures exclude 6 companion appeals first filed in 2000 but suspended between 2001 and 2010 for a cancellation proceeding; another appeal filed in 2000 and which involved a remand and suspension; and an appeal filed in 2003, with an unusual procedural history.
# One of the 1st Quarter ACR cases was commenced in March 2006, but parties did not stipulate to trial by ACR until November 2010. |
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Contested Motions
|
FY 10 Cumulative | FY 11 Cumulative |
1st Qtr FY 12 |
2nd Qtr FY 12 |
| No. Decisions Issued | 920 | 785 | 185 | 203 |
| No. Motions Resolved by Issued Decisions | 1,322 | 1,045 | 255 | 290 |
| Average Pendency, from Ready for Decision to Issuance | 7.8 weeks | 9.6 weeks | 6.7 weeks | 9.6 weeks |
| % Decisions involving phone conference | 25.1% | 24.6% | 34.6% | 28.6% |
| Awaiting Decision at end of Period | 151 | 150 | 190 | 202 |
