Summary of Financial and Performance Highlights

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Dollars in Thousands) Line Item %  Change 2009 over 2008 September 30, 2009 September 30, 2008 Fund Balance with Treasury   (8.5%) $1,309,807  $1,431,242  Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net    0.8%     205,802     204,184  Other Assets   30.1%      16,731      12,864  Total Assets   (7.0%) $1,532,340  $1,648,290  Deferred Revenue   (5.7%) $  800,256  $  848,505  Accounts Payable   (6.7%)     90,188      96,694  Accrued Payroll, Benefits, and Leave    7.8%     156,756     145,435  Other Liabilities  (12.6%)    109,346     125,052  Total Liabilities   (4.9%) $1,156,546  $1,215,686  Net Position  (13.1%)    375,794     432,604  Total Liabilities & Net Position   (7.0%) $1,532,340  $1,648,290  Total Program Cost    4.7%  $1,981,940  $1,892,590  Total Earned Revenue    3.5%  (1,927,130) (1,862,174) Net Cost of Operations   80.2%  $   54,810  $   30,416  Budgetary Resources Available for Spending    3.4%  $1,981,204  $1,916,609  Total Outlays/(Collections), Net (694.6%) $  104,134  $  (17,514) Federal Personnel    2.1%       9,716       9,518  Disbursements by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)     —        99%       99% On-Time Payments to Vendors   (1.0%)       96%       97%

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS Performance Measures FY 2009 Target FY 2009 Actual Met/Not Met Score Patent Average First Action Pendency (months) 27.5   25.8 Met Patent Average Total Pendency (months) 37.9   34.6 Met Patent In-Process Examination Compliance Rate 93.0%  93.2% Met Patent Allowance Compliance Rate 96.5%  96.9% Met Patent Applications Filed Electronically 80.0%   82.5%1 Met Trademark Average First Action Pendency (months) 2.5 to 3.5    2.7 Met Trademark Average Total Pendency (months) 13.0   11.2 Met Trademark First Action Compliance Rate 95.5%  96.4% Met Trademark Final Compliance Rate 97.0%  97.6% Met Trademark Applications Processed Electronically 62.0%  62.0% Met Percentage of countries on the USTR 301 list, awaiting WTO accession, or targeted by OIPPE for improvements that have positively amended or improved their IP systems. 40.0%  54.0% Met Number of countries that implement at least 75% of action steps which improve IP protections in the joint cooperation, action or work plans.      4      5 Met 1: This is preliminary data and is expected to be final by December 2009 and will be reported in the fiscal year (FY) 2010 PAR. (back to text)

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