TABLE 24: ACTIONS ON PETITIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS

TABLE 24: ACTIONS ON PETITIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS (FY 2004 - FY 2008) Nature of Petition 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Patent matters           Actions on patent petitions, total 46,568 44,361 41,271 51,420 51,774 Acceptance of:           Late assignments     33    432    477    619    621 Late issue fees  1,441    938  1,195  1,787  1,819 Late priority papers  1,112     27     16      7     10 Access      -     10      5     12     12 Certificates of correction 30,406 27,763 23,129 28,715 26,878 Deferment of issue     40     21     13     20     21 Entity Status Change  1,621  1,289    963  1,389  1,263 Filing date  1,267  1,815  1,129  1,090    975 Maintenance fees  1,913  2,208  2,038  2,355  2,774 Revivals  4,400  5,190  6,075  8,279 10,339 Rule 47 (37 CFR 1.47)  1,519  2,055  1,492  1,864  1,837 Supervisory authority     69    131    163    137    183 Suspend rules  1,006    290    272    214    228 Withdrawal from issue  1,451  1,950  1,996  1,476  1,642 Withdrawals of holding of aband./pat. lapse    290    242  2,308  3,456  3,172 Late Claim for Priority    531    843    788    981    986 Withdraw as Attorney      -      -  3,030  5,246  6,164 Matters Not Provided For (37 CFR 1.182)    788  1,270    961    994  1,009 To Make Special      -      -  2,018  3,913  4,653 Patent Term Adjustment/Extension    369    684    687    608    476 Trademark matters           Actions on trademark petitions, total 17,791 22,377 17,590 21,755 29,703 Affidavits of Use and extensions      -      -      -      1     16 Decision by examiner     23     10     19     24     31 Filing date restorations1    270    211     65     72     28 Grant application filing date      8     17     11      4      4 Inadvertently issued registrations    220    181    217    173    178 Interferences      -      1      2      -      2 Letters of Protest    765    811    722    735    876 Madrid Petitions      -      -     13     19     13 Make special    167    208    185    205    121 Miscellaneous     74     68     81    195    190 Oppositions and extensions      1      2     10      -      4 Record documents affecting title      -      -     15      4      3 Reinstatements2  2,972  1,964    552    575   1,249 Restore jurisdiction to examiner     19      3     12     27     44 Review board decisions      5      8      6     13      5 Revive (reviewed on paper) 12,476 18,134  4,379  4,275  6,524 Revive (granted electronically)3      -      - 10,689 14,850 19,654 Section 7 correction/amendment     16     20     30     29     11 Section 9 renewal     21     10     23     46     25 Section 8 or 15     86     73    112      3     45 Section 44(e) Amendment    622    629    436    488    646 Review Letter of Protest Decision      4      3      4      6      4 Waive fees/refunds     42     24      7     11     30 Petitions awaiting action as of 9/30           Trademark petitions awaiting response    253    222    275    166     56 Trademark petitions awaiting action  2,179    379    177    117     95 Trademark pending filing date issues      1      7     22      2      0 Notes: - Represents zero. 1: Trademark applications entitled to a particular filing date; based on clear evidence of Trademark organization error. (back to text) 2: Trademark applications restored to pendency; inadvertently abandoned by the Trademark organization. (back to text) 3: The petition to revive numbers were not separated into two categories (paper versus electronic) in previous years. (back to text)

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