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Patent statistics and links to patent statistics may be found in various areas of the USPTO Web Site. Links to some of those areas are provided below:
Several sets of Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences fiscal year workload statistics may be accessed from the following web page: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/bpai/index.html . In particular, see the links in the web page section titled, "Board Statistics".
Some additional selected statistics relating to Fiscal Year 2007 work performed by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences may be viewed on the following web page: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/opla/presentation/ca_bar_0607.html .
General fiscal year (i.e., October 1 to September 30) workload statistics relating to patenting activity in Class 705 (business method-related arts) may be viewed on the following web page: http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/pbmethod/applicationfiling.htm .
A short article in "USPTO Today" discussed fiscal year 2001 patenting activity in Class 705. The article may be viewed on the following web page: http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/pbmethod/fy2001strport.html .
Some older fiscal year statistics relating to examiner staffing, patent pendency, quality of product, and the patent application backlog are presented on web pages that may be accessed from the following web page: http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/opstats/index.htm .
General workload statistics relating to patent reexamination activity may be viewed in workload tables 13A and 13B of the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks Annual Reports / Performance and Accountability Reports. Those reports and workload tables may be accessed from the following web page: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/ann_rpt_intermed.htm .
Detailed workload statistics relating to patent reexamination activity may be accessed from the following web page: http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/cru.html .
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