Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2008
Management's Discussion and Analysis

Patent Applications Filed Electronically

The following table presents the values given in the patent applications filed electronically graph for the last four fiscal years.

Measure: Patent Applications Filed Electronically
FISCAL YEAR	TARGET	ACTUAL
2005	4.0%	2.2%
2006	10.0%	14.2%
2007	40.0%	49.3%
2008	69.0%	72.1%¹
Target Met.
1: This is preliminary data and is expected to be final by December 2008 and will be reported in the fiscal year (FY) 2009 PAR. (back to text)

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