Table 14: Summary of Contested Patent Cases

Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2006
Other Accompanying Information

TABLE 14: SUMMARY OF CONTESTED PATENT CASES
*(Within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as of September 30, 2006)*
ITEM	TOTAL
Ex parte cases
Appeals
Cases Pending as of 9/30/05	882
Cases Filed During FY 2006	3,349
Disposals During FY 2006, total
Decided, total	2,874
Affirmed	1,256
Affirmed-in-Part	348
Reversed	1,001
Dismissed / Withdrawn	90
Remanded	179
Cases Pending as of 9/30/06	1,357
Rehearings
Cases Pending as of 9/30/06	7
Inter partes cases
Cases pending as of 9/30/05	74
Cases declared or reinstituted during FY 2006	129
Inter partes cases, FY 2006 total	203
Cases terminated during FY 2006	107
Cases pending as of 9/30/06	96

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