United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 08 July 2003

FISCAL YEAR 2003
BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
RECEIPTS AND DISPOSITIONS BY GROUPS
EX PARTE APPEALS

FFY 2003 MONTHLY DISPOSITIONS- APRIL 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 4-1-2003 to 4-30-2003 386 72 9 4 18 3 3 2 39 419 33 16.2
1700 4-1-2003 to 4-30-2003 355 33 42 8 21 3 0 1 75 313 -42 12.1
2100 4-1-2003 to 4-30-2003 424 38 8 2 10 2 5 0 27 435 11 16.9
2600 4-1-2003 to 4-30-2003 533 33 7 7 26 0 5 0 45 521 -12 20.2
2800 4-1-2003 to 4-30-2003 358 26 9 6 12 2 5 0 34 350 -8 13.6
2900 4-1-2003 to 4-30-2003 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.3
3600 4-1-2003 to 4-30-2003 302 37 9 3 18 4 2 1 37 302 0 11.7
3700 4-1-2003 to 4-30-2003 241 28 6 5 18 4 1 1 35 234 -7 9.1
Board Totals   2605 268 90 35 123 18 21 5 292 2581 -24 100.0

 

FY 2003 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 10-1-02 to 4-30-03 463 232 68 23 146 18 8 13 276 419 -44 16.2
1700 10-1-02 to 4-30-03 654 318 369 59 174 36 15 6 659 313 -341 12.1
2100 10-1-02 to 4-30-03 425 159 45 16 66 5 15 2 149 435 10 16.9
2600 10-1-02 to 4-30-03 575 218 65 36 124 9 31 7 272 521 -54 20.2
2800 10-1-02 to 4-30-03 483 112 74 34 105 7 22 3 245 350 -133 13.6
2900 10-1-02 to 4-30-03 5 21 8 0 11 0 0 0 19 7 2 0.3
3600 10-1-02 to 4-30-03 244 267 37 25 110 17 18 2 209 302 58 11.7
3700 10-1-02 to 4-30-03 241 214 51 29 113 11 14 3 221 234 -7 9.1
Board Totals   3090 1541 717 222 849 103 123 36 2050 2581 -509 100.0

* AFFIRMED-IN-PART

 

 

  AFFD MODIFIED REV PANEL REM ADMINISTR DISM
% DECISIONS-FISCAL YEAR TO DATE 35.0 10.8 41.4 5.0 6.0 1.8

 

 

Of the 2581 pending appeals, 2249 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 2002
ELECTRICAL Fiscal Year 2001
MECHANICAL Fiscal Year 2002
DESIGN Fiscal Year 2003