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Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2004
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TABLE 24: ACTIONS ON PETITIONS TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE USPTO
(FY 2000 - FY 2004)
NATURE OF PETITION FN 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Patent matters            
Actions on patent petitions, total Read Footnote 11 33,386 43,062 22,290 57,267 17,007
Acceptance of:            
Amendments filed after payment of issue fee       15     22     15     18      -
Late assignments      106     85     30     42     33
Late issue fees        - 1,332  1,676  2,362  1,441
Late priority papers       77     72    330  1,184  1,112
Access       24      4      6      3      -
Certificates of correction   14,111 22,157      0 32,445      -
Deferment of issue       68     25     21     40     40
Entity Status Change      888    986    836      -  1,621
Filing date      744  1,375  2,158  1,776  1,267
Interference        -      -      -      -      -
Make special:        -      -      -      -      -
Infringement/manufacture        -      -      3      -      -
Other    1,574  1,498  1,573  1,592      -
Miscellaneous    2,323  1,854  1,411  2,547    778
Maintenance fees    1,698  1,614  1,614  2,002  1,913
Public use        5      -      3      -      -
Reexamination proceedings        -      -      6      2     67
Restriction       73     42    102     82      -
Revivals    5,084  4,231  3,395  4,154  4,400
Rule 47 (37 CFR 1.47)      849  1,531  1,698  2,045  1,519
Supervisory authority       75     44    112    196     69
Suspend rules      942    875  1,052  1,441  1,006
Withdrawal of attorney    1,401  2,002  2,530  3,749      -
Withdrawal from issue    1,212    991  1,178    881  1,451
Change of inventorship      147    121    186    228      -
Withdrawals of holding of aband./pat. lapse    1,970  2,201  2,355    468    290
Trademark matters            
Actions on trademark petitions, total    6,858 10,374 24,699 18,493 17,791
Affidavits of Use and extensions       31      -      1      3      -
Decision by examiner        6     23     14     20     23
Filing date restorationsRead Footnote 22    1,311  1,785    846    495    270
Grant application filing date       66     25     29     21      8
Inadvertently issued registrations      233    325    654    516    220
Interferences        2      1      2      -      -
Letters of ProtestRead Footnote 44              765
Make special      157    199    133    138    167
Miscellaneous       40     23     40     46     74
Oppositions and extensions        -      6      3      4      1
Record documents affecting title        -      2      1      4      -
ReinstatementsRead Footnote 33    2,130  2,043  6,304  3,845  2,972
Restore jurisdiction to examiner        3      2      2      8     19
Review board decisions        6     13     10     14      5
Revive    2,673  5,633 16,222 12,771 12,476
Section 7 correction/amendment        -     10     17      10     16
Section 9 renewal        3     13     14      28     21
Section 8 or 15       61     60     75      61     86
Section 44(e) Amendment      102    183    317     493    622
Review Letter of Protest Decision        3      8      4      2      4
Waive fees/refunds       31     20     11     14     42
Petitions awaiting action as of 9/30/04            
Patent matters    1,458    699  1,844  2,317      -
Trademark petitions awaiting response      158    503  2,197    354    253
Trademark petitions awaiting action    3,199  6,060    582  1,791  2,179
Trademark pending filing date issues      189     24     12      8      1

Notes:

- Represents zero.

1: Correction to FY 1999 Report. (back to text)
2: Trademark Applications entitled to a particular filing date; based on clear evidence of Office error. (back to text)
3: Trademark Applications restored to pendency; inadvertently abandoned by the Office. (back to text)
4: Not reported in previous years. (back to text)
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