United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 06 January 2004

FISCAL YEAR 2004
BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
RECEIPTS AND DISPOSITIONS BY GROUPS
EX PARTE APPEALS

FY 2004 MONTHLY DISPOSITIONS- OCTOBER 2003

    PENDING APPEALS               PENDING INCREASE/ PERCENT
TECHNOLOGY REPORTING BEGINNING RECEIVED       PANEL ADMINISTRATIVE     END DECREASE OF CASE
CENTER PERIOD MONTH MONTH AFFIRMED MODIFIED REVERSED REMANDS REMANDS DISMISSED TOTAL MONTH MONTH MONTH
                           
1600 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 362 15 5 4 7 2 0 0 18 359 -3 17.2
1700 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 143 27 18 0 5 1 1 0 25 145 2 7.0
2100 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 400 36 11 2 18 1 1 0 33 403 3 19.3
2600 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 474 31 10 1 9 2 2 1 25 480 6 23.0
2800 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 225 38 12 3 12 1 2 0 30 233 8 11.2
2900 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.2
3600 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 215 79 6 4 19 2 4 0 35 259 44 12.4
3700 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 147 87 7 1 16 7 2 1 34 200 53 9.6
Board Totals   1968 316 69 15 86 16 12 2 200 2084 116 100.0

 

FY 2004 CUMULATIVE DISPOSITIONS
    PENDING APPEALS               PENDING INCREASE/ PERCENT
TECHNOLOGY REPORTING BEGINNING RECEIVED       PANEL ADMINISTRATIVE     END DECREASE OF CASE
CENTER PERIOD FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR AFFIRMED MODIFIED* REVERSED REMANDS REMANDS DISMISSED TOTAL FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR WORKLOAD
                           
1600 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 362 15 5 4 7 2 0 0 18 359 -3 17.2
1700 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 143 27 18 0 5 1 1 0 25 145 2 7.0
2100 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 400 36 11 2 18 1 1 0 33 403 3 19.3
2600 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 474 31 10 1 9 2 2 1 25 480 6 23.0
2800 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 225 38 12 3 12 1 2 0 30 233 8 11.2
2900 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.2
3600 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 215 79 6 4 19 2 4 0 35 259 44 12.4
3700 10-1-03 to 10-31-03 147 87 7 1 16 7 2 1 34 200 53 9.6
Board Totals   1968 316 69 15 86 16 12 2 200 2084 116 100.0

* AFFIRMED-IN-PART

 

 

Disposition % Decisions Fiscal Year to Date
AFFIRMED 34.5%
MODIFIED 7.5%
REVERSED 43.0%
PANEL REMANDS 8.0%
ADMINISTRATIVE REMANDS 6.0%
DISMISSED 1.0%
TOTAL 100.0%

 

Of the 2084 pending appeals 1793 are currently assigned to administrative patent judge dockets.

With the exception of a limited number of appeals involving special circumstances, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

is currently deciding appeals received at the Board as follows:

BIOTECH Fiscal Year 2002
CHEMICAL Fiscal Year 2003
ELECTRICAL Fiscal Year 2002
MECHANICAL Fiscal Year 2003
DESIGN Fiscal Year 2003