<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 11 October 2005

FISCAL YEAR 2005

BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES

RECEIPTS AND DISPOSITIONS BY TECHNOLOGY CENTERS

EX PARTE APPEALS

FY 2005 MONTHLY DISPOSITIONS - AUGUST 2005

    PENDING APPEALS               PENDING INCREASE/ PERCENT
TECHNOLOGY REPORTING BEGINNING RECEIVED       PANEL ADMINISTRATIVE     END DECREASE OF CASE
CENTER PERIOD MONTH MONTH AFFIRMED AFFIRMED-IN-PART REVERSED REMANDS REMANDS DISMISSED TOTAL MONTH MONTH MONTH
1600 8-1-2005 to 8-31-2005 176 26 12 2 21 3 2 6 46 156 -20 15.1
1700 8-1-2005 to 8-31-2005 197 46 42 7 19 11 0 3 82 161 -36 15.6
2100 8-1-2005 to 8-31-2005 94 24 11 4 11 0 0 0 26 92 -2 8.9
2600 8-1-2005 to 8-31-2005 170 37 22 14 27 1 0 1 65 142 -28 13.7
2800 8-1-2005 to 8-31-2005 109 25 21 7 13 0 0 0 41 93 -16 9.0
2900 8-1-2005 to 8-31-2005 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 -3 1.2
3600 8-1-2005 to 8-31-2005 251 47 24 10 20 3 0 0 57 241 -10 23.3
3700 8-1-2005 to 8-31-2005 160 28 26 9 13 1 1 2 52 136 -24 13.2
Board Totals   1172 233 161 53 124 19 3 12 372 1033 -139 100.0

 

FY 2005 CUMULATIVE DISPOSITIONS

    PENDING APPEALS               PENDING INCREASE/ PERCENT
TECHNOLOGY REPORTING BEGINNING RECEIVED       PANEL ADMINISTRATIVE     END DECREASE OF CASE
CENTER PERIOD FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR AFFIRMED AFFIRMED-IN-PART REVERSED REMANDS REMANDS DISMISSED TOTAL FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR WORKLOAD
1600 10-1-04 to 8-31-05 208 340 107 19 150 21 10 81 388 160 -48 15.5
1700 10-1-04 to 8-31-05 74 515 239 38 114 26 5 9 431 158 84 15.3
2100 10-1-04 to 8-31-05 250 210 118 63 188 8 4 1 382 78 -172 7.6
2600 10-1-04 to 8-31-05 147 335 120 71 143 7 5 2 348 134 -13 13.0
2800 10-1-04 to 8-31-05 57 346 141 42 102 4 4 2 295 108 51 10.5
2900 10-1-04 to 8-31-05 4 15 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 14 10 1.4
3600 10-1-04 to 8-31-05 206 508 139 58 228 27 10 3 465 249 43 24.1
3700 10-1-04 to 8-31-05 39 319 86 35 86 10 5 4 226 132 93 12.8
Board Totals   985 2588 954 326 1012 103 43 102 2540 1033 48 100.0

 

Disposition % Decisions Fiscal Year to Date
AFFIRMED 37.6%
AFFIRMED-IN-PART 12.8%
REVERSED 39.8%
PANEL REMANDS 4.1%
ADMINISTRATIVE REMANDS 1.7%
DISMISSED 4.0%
TOTAL 100.0%

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:

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