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United States Patent and Trademark Office
Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2003
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TABLE 13A: EX PARTE REEXAMINATION
(FY 1999 - FY 2003)
ACTIVITY 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Requests filed, total 385 318 296 272 392

By patent owner

 173 137 144 121 136

By third party

 181 172 150 140 239

Commissioner ordered

  31   9   2  11  17

Determinations on requests, total		 367 338 342 272 381

Requests granted:

By examiner

 327 320 263 262 360

By petition

   1   2   2   1   1

Requests denied

  39  16  77   9  20

Requests known to have related litigation		  62  80  80  52 109

Filings by discipline, total		 385 318 296 272 392

Chemical

 138  96  90  87 124

Electrical

 107 103  89  78 118

Mechanical

 140 119 117 107 150
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