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Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2005
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TABLE 25: CASES IN LITIGATION
(Selected Courts of the United States, as of September 30, 2005)
COURT PATENTS TRADEMARKS OED TOTAL
United States District Courts        
Civil actions pending as of 9/30/04, total     15      1 1     17
Filed during FY 2005     11      2 1     14
Disposals, total     14      1 1     16
Affirmed      2      1 1      4
Reversed      -      - -      -
Remanded      -      - -      -
Dismissed     11      - -     11
Amicus/intervene      -      - -      -
Transfer      1      - -      1
Civil actions pending as of 9/30/05, total     12      2 1     15

United States Courts of AppealsRead Footnote 11		        
Ex parte cases        
Cases pending as of 9/30/04     29      7 1     37
Cases filed during FY 2005     36      9 2     47
Disposals, total     40     12 2     54
Affirmed     19      7 1     27
Reversed      -      - -      -
Remanded      6      2 -      8
Dismissed     12      2 1     15
Vacated      -      1 -      1
Transfer      1      - -      1
Writs of mandamus:      -      - -      -
Granted      -      - -      -
Granted-in-part      -      - -      -
Denied      2      - -      2
Dismissed      -      - -      -
Total ex parte cases pending as of 9/30/05     25      4 1     30
Inter partes cases        
Cases pending as of 9/30/04     10     15 -     25
Cases filed during FY 2005      7     21 -     28
Disposals, total     12     23 -     35
Affirmed      1     10 -     11
Reversed      -      2 -      2
Remanded      5      1 -      6
Dismissed      6      9 -     15
Amicus/intervene      -      - -      -
Transferred      -      1 -      1
Total inter partes cases pending as of 9/30/05      5     13 -     18
Total United States Courts of Appeals cases pending as of 9/30/05     30     17 -     48
Supreme Court        
Ex parte cases        
Cases pending as of 9/30/04      1      - -      1
Cases filed during FY 2005      3      - -      3
Disposals, total      1      - -      1
Cases pending as of 9/30/05, total      3      - -      3
Notices of Suit filed in FY 2005  2,115  1,766 -  3,881


Notes:

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