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Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2005
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TABLE 24: ACTIONS ON PETITIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS
(FY 2001 - FY 2005)
NATURE OF PETITION 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Patent matters          
Actions on patent petitions, total 37,523 16,461 49,049 46,568 44,361
Acceptance of:          
Late assignments     85     30     42     33    432
Late issue fees 1,332  1,676  2,362  1,441    938
Late priority papers     72    330  1,184  1,112     27
Access      4      6      3      -     10
Certificates of correction 22,157      - 32,445 30,406 27,763
Deferment of issue     25     21     40     40     21
Entity Status Change    986    836      -  1,621  1,289
Filing date  1,375  2,158  1,776  1,267  1,815
Maintenance fees  1,614  1,614  2,002  1,913  2,208
Revivals  4,231  3,395  4,154  4,400  5,190
Rule 47 (37 CFR 1.47)  1,531  1,698  2,045  1,519  2,055
Supervisory authority     44    112    196     69    131
Suspend rules    875  1,052  1,441  1,006    290
Withdrawal from issue    991  1,178    881  1,451  1,950
Withdrawals of holding of aband./pat. lapse  2,201  2,355    468    290    242
Trademark matters          
Actions on trademark petitions, total 10,374 24,699 18,493 17,791 22,377
Affidavits of Use and extensions      -      1      3      -      -
Decision by examiner     23     14     20     23     10
Filing date restorationsRead Footnote 11  1,785    846    495    270    211
Grant application filing date     25     29     21      8     17
Inadvertently issued registrations    325    654    516    220    181
Interferences      1      2      -      -      1
Letters of ProtestRead Footnote 22          765    811
Make special    199    133    138    167    208
Miscellaneous     23     40     46     74     68
Oppositions and extensions      6      3      4      1      2
Record documents affecting title      2      1      4      -      -
ReinstatementsRead Footnote 33  2,043  6,304  3,845  2,972  1,964
Restore jurisdiction to examiner      2      2      8     19      3
Review board decisions     13     10     14      5      8
Revive  5,633 16,222 12,771 12,476 18,134
Section 7 correction/amendment     10     17     10     16     20
Section 9 renewal     13     14     28     21     10
Section 8 or 15     60     75     61     86     73
Section 44(e) Amendment    183    317    493    622    629
Review Letter of Protest Decision      8      4      2      4      3
Waive fees/refunds     20     11     14     42     24
Petitions awaiting action as of 9/30          
Trademark petitions awaiting response    503  2,197    354    253    222
Trademark petitions awaiting action  6,060    582  1,791  2,179    379
Trademark pending filing date issues     24     12      8      1      7

Notes:

- Represents zero.

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