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TABLE 25: CASES IN LITIGATION
(Selected Courts of the United States, as of September 30, 2004)
COURT PATENTS TRADEMARKS OED TOTAL
United States District Courts        
Civil actions pending as of 9/30/03, total      9      3 1     13
Filed during FY 2004     19      3 -     22
Disposals, total     12      5 -     17
Affirmed      1      - -      1
Reversed      -      - -      -
Remanded      -      2 -      2
Dismissed      9      1 -     10
Amicus/intervene      -      - -      -
Transfer      2      2 -      4
Civil actions pending as of 9/30/04, total     16      1 1     18

United States Courts of AppealsRead Footnote 11		        
Ex parte cases        
Cases pending as of 9/30/03     28      6 -     34
Cases filed during FY 2004     42     11 4     57
Disposals, total     42     10 3     55
Affirmed     24      4 -     28
Reversed      -      - -      -
Remanded      6      - -      6
Dismissed     10      6 2     18
Transfer      1      - 1      2
Writs of mandamus:      1      - -      1
Granted      -      - -      -
Granted-in-part      -      - -      -
Denied      1      - -      1
Dismissed      -      - -      -
Total ex parte cases pending as of 9/30/04     28      7 1     36
Inter partes cases        
Cases pending as of 9/30/04     10      6 -     16
Cases filed during FY 2004     11     18 -     29
Disposals, total     11      9 -     20
Affirmed      5      6 -     11
Reversed      -      - -      -
Remanded      1      - -      1
Dismissed      4      3 -      7
Amicus/intervene      -      - -      -
Transferred      1      - -      1
Total inter partes cases pending as of 9/30/04     10     15 -     25
Total United States Courts of Appeals
cases pending as of 9/30/04		     38     22 1     61
Supreme Court        
Ex parte cases        
Cases pending as of 9/30/04      -      - -      -
Cases filed during FY 2004      2      - -      2
Disposals, total      1      - -      1
Cases pending as of 9/30/04, total      1      - -      1
Notices of Suit filed in FY 2004  2,613  2,920 -  5,533


Notes:

- Represents zero.
1: Includes Federal Circuit and others. (back to text)
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