Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2009
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TABLE 24: ACTIONS ON PETITIONS TO THE director OF the U.s. Patent and Trademark office

TABLE 24: ACTIONS ON PETITIONS TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
(FY 2005 - FY 2009)
Nature of Petition	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Patent matters
Actions on patent petitions, total	44,361	41,271	51,420	51,774	51,482
Acceptance of:
Late assignments	432	477	619	621	628
Late issue fees	938	1,195	1,787	1,819	1,792
Late priority papers	27	16	7	10	13
Access	10	5	12	12	42
Certificates of correction	27,763	23,129	28,715	26,878	25,527
Deferment of issue	21	13	20	21	20
Entity Status Change	1,289	963	1,389	1,263	1,246
Filing date	1,815	1,129	1,090	975	723
Maintenance fees	2,208	2,038	2,355	2,774	1,949
Revivals	5,190	6,075	8,279	10,339	11,478
Rule 47 (37 CFR 1.47)	2,055	1,492	1,864	1,837	2,583
Supervisory authority	131	163	137	183	347
Suspend rules	290	272	214	228	301
Withdrawal from issue	1,950	1,996	1,476	1,642	1,423
Withdrawals of holding of aband./pat. lapse	242	2,308	3,456	3,172	3,410
Late Claim for Priority	843	788	981	986	1,121
Withdraw as Attorney	-	3,030	5,246	6,164	6,133
Matters Not Provided For (37 CFR 1.182)	1,270	961	994	1,009	1,334
To Make Special	-	2,018	3,913	4,653	4,797
Patent Term Adjustment/Extension	684	687	608	476	1,613
Trademark matters
Actions on trademark petitions, total	22,377	17,590	21,755	29,703	24,747
Filing date restorations¹	211	65	72	28	20
Inadvertently issued registrations	181	217	173	178	134
Letters of Protest	811	722	735	876	1,011
Madrid Petitions	-	13	19	13	21
Make special	208	185	205	121	94
Reinstatements²	1,964	552	575	1,249	851
Revive (reviewed on paper)	18,134	4,379	4,275	6,524	2,526
Revive (granted electronically)³	-	10,689	14,850	19,654	18,967
Waive fees/refunds	24	7	11	30	18
Miscellaneous Petitions to the Director⁴	731	580	749	940	1,008
Board Matters⁵	10	16	13	9	11
Post Registration Matters⁶	103	165	78	81	86
Petitions awaiting action as of 9/30
Trademark petitions awaiting response	222	275	166	56	72
Trademark petitions awaiting action	379	177	117	95	3
Trademark pending filing date issues	7	22	2	-	-
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) 4: Not reported in previous years as a consolidation line item. Represents a consolidation of Affidavits of Use and Extensions, Decision by examiner, Grant application filing date, Interferences, Record documents affecting title, Restore jurisdiction to examiner, Section 44(e) Amendment and Review Letter of Protest Decision. (back to text) 5: Not reported in previous years as a consolidation line item. Represents a consolidation of review board decisions and oppositions and extensions. (back to text) 6: Not reported in previous years as a consolidation line item. Represents a consolidation of Section 7 correction/amendment, Section 9 renewal and Section 8 or 15. (back to text)

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