United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 03 February 2004

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

FY 2004 MONTHLY DISPOSITIONS- NOVEMBER 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 11-1-03 to 11-30-03 359 35 10 1 18 8 1 0 38 356 -3 17.7
1700 11-1-03 to 11-30-03 145 17 22 0 5 1 1 0 29 133 -12 6.6
2100 11-1-03 to 11-30-03 404 18 5 1 15 1 3 0 25 397 -7 19.8
2600 11-1-03 to 11-30-03 480 15 14 6 14 4 3 1 42 453 -27 22.5
2800 11-1-03 to 11-30-03 233 4 9 8 7 0 2 0 26 211 -22 10.5
2900 11-1-03 to 11-30-03 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 -1 0.2
3600 11-1-03 to 11-30-03 259 33 5 3 13 1 0 0 22 270 11 13.4
3700 11-1-03 to 11-30-03 200 26 12 4 21 4 0 0 41 185 -15 9.2
Board Totals   2085 149 79 23 93 19 10 1 225 2009 -76 100.0

 

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 11-30-03 362 50 15 5 25 10 1 0 56 356 -6 17.7
1700 10-1-03 to 11-30-03 143 44 40 0 10 2 2 0 54 133 -10 6.6
2100 10-1-03 to 11-30-03 400 55 16 3 33 2 4 0 58 397 -3 19.8
2600 10-1-03 to 11-30-03 474 46 24 7 23 6 5 2 67 453 -21 22.5
2800 10-1-03 to 11-30-03 225 42 21 11 19 1 4 0 56 211 -14 10.5
2900 10-1-03 to 11-30-03 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0.2
3600 10-1-03 to 11-30-03 215 112 11 7 32 3 4 0 57 270 55 13.4
3700 10-1-03 to 11-30-03 147 113 19 5 37 11 2 1 75 185 38 9.2
Board Totals   1968 466 148 38 179 35 22 3 425 2009 41 100.0

* AFFIRMED-IN-PART

 

 

Disposition % Decisions Fiscal Year to Date
AFFIRMED 34.8%
MODIFIED 8.9%
REVERSED 42.1%
PANEL REMANDS 8.2%
AADMINISTRATIVE REMANDS 5.2%
DISMISSED 0.7%
TOTAL 100.0%

Of the 2009 pending appeals, 1794 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