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Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2006
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TABLE 25: CASES IN LITIGATION
(Selected Courts of the United States, FY 2006)
COURT PATENTS TRADEMARKS OED TOTAL
United States District Courts        
Civil actions pending as of 9/30/05, total     13      1 2     16
Filed during FY 2006     22      4 -     26
Disposals, total     19      5 2     26
Affirmed      2      - 1      3
Reversed      -      1 -      1
Remanded     11      1 -     12
Dismissed      4      1 1      6
Amicus/intervene      -      - -      -
Transfer      2      2 -      4
Civil actions pending as of 9/30/06, total     16      - -     16

United States Courts of AppealsRead Footnote 11		        
Ex parte cases        
Cases pending as of 9/30/05     26      4 1     31
Cases filed during FY 2006     42     12 5     59
Disposals, total     40      5 3     48
Affirmed     17      2 3     22
Reversed      -      - -      -
Remanded      1      - -      1
Dismissed     19      3 -     22
Vacated      -      - -      -
Transfer      3      - -      3
Writs of mandamus:      -      - -      -
Granted      -      - -      -
Granted-in-part      -      - -      -
Denied      -      - -      -
Dismissed      -      - -      -
Total ex parte cases pending as of 9/30/06     28     11 3     42
Inter partes cases        
Cases pending as of 9/30/05      5     13 -     18
Cases filed during FY 2006      7     17 -     24
Disposals, total      9     16 -     25
Affirmed      4      8 -     12
Reversed      -      - -      -
Remanded      1      1 -      2
Dismissed      4      7 -     11
Amicus/intervene      -      - -      -
Transferred      -      - -      -
Total inter partes cases pending as of 9/30/06      3     14 -     17
Total United States Courts of Appeals cases pending as of 9/30/06     31     25 3     59
Supreme Court        
Ex parte cases        
Cases pending as of 9/30/05      3      - -      3
Cases filed during FY 2006      4      - 1      5
Disposals, total      5      - -      5
Cases pending as of 9/30/06, total      2      - 1      3
Notices of Suit filed in FY 2006  2,205  2,086 -  4,291


Notes:

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