Table 14: Summary of Contested Patent Cases

Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2007
Other Accompanying Information

TABLE 14: SUMMARY OF CONTESTED PATENT CASES
*(Within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as of September 30, 2007)*
Item	Total
Ex parte cases
Appeals
Cases Pending as of 9/30/06	1,357
Cases Filed During FY 2007	4,639
Disposals during FY 2007, total
Decided, total	3,485
Affirmed	1,928
Affirmed-in-Part	469
Reversed	875
Dismissed / Withdrawn	43
Remanded	170
Cases pending as of 9/30/07	2,511
Rehearings
Cases pending as of 9/30/07	27
Inter partes cases
Cases pending as of 9/30/06	96
Cases declared or reinstituted during FY 2007	58
Inter partes cases, FY 2007 total	154
Cases terminated during FY 2007	95
Cases pending as of 9/30/07	59

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