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Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2007
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TABLE 25: CASES IN LITIGATION
(Selected Courts of the United States, FY 2007)
Court Patents Trademarks OED Total
United States District Courts        
Civil actions pending as of 9/30/06, total     16      - -      16
Filed during FY 2007     14      5 1      20
Disposals, total     16      4 -      20
Affirmed      3      - -       3
Reversed      1      - -       1
Remanded      1      1 -       2
Dismissed      9      3 -      12
Amicus/intervene      -      - -       -
Transfer      2      - -       2
Civil actions pending as of 9/30/07, total     14      1 1      16

United States Courts of AppealsRead Footnote 11		        
Ex parte cases        
Cases pending as of 9/30/06     28     11 3      42
Cases filed during FY 2007     40      6 -      46
Disposals, total     39     14 3      56
Affirmed     21      8 3      32
Reversed      1      - -       1
Remanded      6      - -       6
Dismissed      9      6 -      15
Vacated      -      - -       -
Transfer      1      - -       1
Writs of mandamus:      -      - -       -
Granted      -      - -       -
Granted-in-part      -      - -       -
Denied      -      - -       -
Dismissed      1      - -       1
Total ex parte cases pending as of 9/30/07     29      3 -      32
Inter partes cases        
Cases pending as of 9/30/06      3     12 -      15
Cases filed during FY 2007      7     14 -      21
Disposals, total     6     18 -      24
Affirmed      1      9 -      10
Reversed      -      2 -       2
Remanded      2      1 -       3
Dismissed      2      6 -       8
Amicus/intervene      -      - -       -
Transferred      1      - -       1
Total inter partes cases pending as of 9/30/07      4      8 -      12
Total United States Courts of Appeals cases pending as of 9/30/07     33     11 -      44

Supreme Court		        
Ex parte cases        
Cases pending as of 9/30/06      2      - 1       3
Cases filed during FY 2007      1      - 1       2
Disposals, total      2      - 2       4
Cases pending as of 9/30/07, total      1      - -       1
Notices of Suit filed in FY 2007  4,927  5,284 -  10,211

Notes:

- Represents zero.

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