TABLE 4: PATENT PENDENCY STATISTICS
(FY 2003)
|
UTILITY, PLANT & REISSUE (UPR) APPLICATIONS |
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS |
AVERAGE PENDENCY (in months) |
|
Total |
284,459 |
26.7 |
| Issued |
188,283 |
27.6 |
| Abandoned |
96,176 |
25.5 |
|
Applications In Process
|
702,070
|
N/A
|
|
UPR PENDENCY STATISTICS BY TECHNOLOGY CENTER
(in months) |
| |
To Issue |
Abandoned |
| Total UPR Pendency |
|
|
| Tech Center 1600 -
Biotechnology & Organic Chemistry |
28.6 |
26.4 |
| Tech Center 1700 -
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
27.0 |
25.3 |
| Tech Center 2100 -
Computer Architecture, Software, & Information Security |
39.0 |
35.7 |
| Tech Center 2600 - Communications |
40.3 |
35.2 |
| Tech
Center 2800 - Semiconductor, Electrical, Optical Systems & Components |
24.4 |
21.5 |
| Tech
Center 3600 - Tansportation, Construction, Agriculture, & Electronic Commerce |
23.4 |
23.7 |
Tech Center 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, & Products
|
24.6
|
20.9
|
|
TOTAL UPR PENDENCY BY TECHNOLOGY CENTER (in months) |
| |
Average Pendency in Months |
| Total UPR Pendency |
|
| Tech Center 1600 -
Biotechnology & Organic Chemistry |
27.8 |
| Tech Center 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering |
26.6 |
| Tech Center 2100 - Computer Architecture, Software, & Information Security |
38.0 |
| Tech Center 2600 - Communications |
39.0 |
| Tech
Center 2800 - Semiconductor, Electrical, Optical Systems & Components |
23.9 |
| Tech
Center 3600 - Tansportation, Construction, Agriculture, & Electronic Commerce |
23.5 |
| Tech
Center 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, & Products |
23.7 |
|
|
