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Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2005
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TABLE 13A: EX PARTE REEXAMINATION
(FY 2001 - FY 2005)
ACTIVITY 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Requests filed, total 296 272 392 441 524
By patent owner 144 121 136 166 166
By third party 150 140 239 268 358
Commissioner ordered   2  11  17   7   -

Determinations on requests, total		 342 272 381 419 535
Requests granted:
By examiner 263 262 360 408 509
By petition   2   1   1   -   -
Requests denied  77   9  20  11  26

Requests known to have related litigation		  80  52 109 138 176

Filings by discipline, total		 296 272 392 441 524
Chemical  90  87 124 130 138
Electrical  89  78 118 156 188
Mechanical 117 107 150 155 198
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