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FISCAL YEAR 2009

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Process Production Report

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences	FY08 Actual	FY09 Oct.	FY09 Nov.	FY09 Dec.	FY09 Jan.	FY09 Feb.	FY09 Mar.	FY09 Apr.	FY09 May.	FY09 Jun.	FY09 Jul.	FY09 Aug.	FY09 Sep.	FY09 Actual
CONTESTED CASES
Interferences
Cases Declared
Monthly		1	4	9	1	11	5	3	2	6	5	5	0
Year-to-date	66	1	5	14	15	26	31	34	36	42	47	52	52	52
Cases Disposed
Monthly		2	3	8	2	7	10	5	8	4	0	6	0
Year-to-date	74	2	5	13	15	22	32	37	45	49	49	55	55	55
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	52	51	52	53	52	56	51	49	43	45	50	49	49	49
Ex-Parte Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		15	12	10	7	9	7	9	18	11	2	8	0
Year-to-date	86	15	27	37	44	53	60	69	87	98	100	108	108	108
Cases Disposed
Monthly		3	4	8	10	15	0	3	6	12	8	12	0
Year-to-date	40	3	7	15	25	40	40	43	49	61	69	81	81	81
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	55	67	75	77	74	68	75	81	93	92	86	82	82	82
Inter Partes Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		1	1	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Year-to-date	4	1	2	5	8	9	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14
Cases Disposed
Monthly		0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0
Year-to-date	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	3	4	6	7	8	8	8
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	4	5	6	7	10	11	14	13	12	10	11	10	10	10
Ex Parte Appeals*
Cases Received
Monthly		1078	854	914	922	1131	1381	2967	1623	1341	1230	969	0
Year-to-date	6295	1078	1932	2846	3768	4899	6280	9247	10870	122111	13441	14410	14410	14410
Cases Disposed
Monthly		231	394	530	465	527	824	458	516	663	605	704	0
Year-to-date	4899	231	625	1155	1620	2147	2971	3429	3945	4608	5213	5917	5917	5917
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	3897	4744	5204	5588	6045	6649	7206	9715	10822	11500	12125	12390	12390	12390

* Ex parte appeals of applications for patents, not including ex parte reexamination or inter partes reexamination appeals.

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