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Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2006
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TABLE 13B: INTER PARTES REEXAMINATION
(FY 2002 - FY 2006)
ACTIVITY 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Requests filed, total 4 21 27 59 70
Determinations on requests, total 5 20 25 57 47
Requests granted: 5 18 25 54 43
By examiner - 18 25 54 43
By petition -  -  -  -  -
Requests denied -  2  -  3  4
Requests known to have related litigationRead Footnote 11 1 7 5 29 32
Filings by discipline, total 4 21 27 59 70
Chemical 2  3  6 17 17
Electrical -  7  7 20 27
Mechanical 2 11 14 22 26

Notes:

1: Past years’ data have been revised from prior year reports. (back to text)
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