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TABLE 24: ACTIONS ON PETITIONS TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE USPTO
(FY 1999 - FY 2003)
NATURE OF PETITION
 1999 FN 2000 2001 2002 2003
Patent matters            
  Actions on patent petitions, total 31,555 Read Footnote 11 33,386 43,062 22,290 57,267
Acceptance of:            
  Amendments filed after payment of issue fee     19       15     22     15     18
Late assignments     69      106     85     30     42
Late issue fees      -        - 1,332  1,676  2,362
Late priority papers     46       77     72    330  1,184
Access      9       24      4      6      3
Certificates of correction 17,583   14,111 22,157      0 32,445
Deferment of issue     52       68     25     21     40
Entity Status Change    569      888    986    836      -
Filing date    529      744  1,375  2,158  1,776
Interference      3        -      -      -      -
Make special:      -        -      -      -      -
  Infringement/manufacture      -        -      -      3      -
Other  1,502    1,574  1,498  1,573  1,592
Miscellaneous    920    2,323  1,854  1,411  2,547
Maintenance fees  1,474    1,698  1,614  1,614  2,002
Public use      -        5      -      3      -
Reexamination proceedings     17        -      -      6      2
Restriction     75       73     42    102     82
Revivals  4,158    5,084  4,231  3,395  4,154
Rule 47 (37 CFR 1.47)    407      849  1,531  1,698  2,045
Supervisory authority     66       75     44    112    196
Suspend rules    861      942    875  1,052  1,441
Withdrawal of attorney      -    1,401  2,002  2,530  3,749
Withdrawal from issue    862    1,212    991  1,178    881
Change of inventorship     80      147    121    186    228
Withdrawals of holding of aband./pat. lapse  1,854    1,970  2,201  2,355    468

Trademark matters
            
 
Actions on trademark petitions, total
  5,863    6,858 10,374 24,699 18,493
Affidavits of Use and extensions    168       31      -      1      3
Decision by examiner      3        6     23     14     20
Filing date restorationsRead Footnote 22  1,402    1,311  1,785    846    495
Grant application filing date    656       66     25     29     21
Inadvertently issued registrations    253      233    325    654    516
Interferences      -        2      1      2      -
Make special    160      157    199    133    138
Miscellaneous     76       40     23     40     46
Oppositions and extensions     30        -      6      3      4
Record documents affecting title      2        -      2      1      4
ReinstatementsRead Footnote 33  1,501    2,130  2,043  6,304  3,845
Restore jurisdiction to examiner     10        3      2      2      8
Review board decisions     40        6     13     10     14
Revive  1,262    2,673  5,633 16,222 12,771
Section 7 correction/amendment     14        -     10     17      10
Section 9 renewal      6        3     13     14      28
Section 8 or 15     17       61     60     75      61
Section 44(e) Amendment 4    131      102    183    317     493
Review Letter of Protest Decision 4      5        3      8      4      2
Waive fees/refunds    127       31     20     11     14

Petitions awaiting action as of 9/30/03
            
  Patent matters  2,389    1,458    699  1,844  2,317
Trademark petitions awaiting response     22      158    503  2,197    354
Trademark petitions awaiting action    651    3,199  6,060    582  1,791
Trademark pending filing date issuesRead Footnote 44      -      189     24     12      8


- Represents zero.
/1 Correction to FY 1999 Report.Back to Table
/2 Trademark Applications entitled to a particular filing date; based on clear evidence of Office error. Back to Table
/3 Trademark Applications restored to pendency; inadvertently abandoned by the Office. Back to Table
/4 Not reported in previous years.Back to Table
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