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Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2003
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TABLE 4: PATENT PENDENCY STATISTICS
(FY 2003)
UTILITY, PLANT & REISSUE (UPR) APPLICATIONS
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS
AVERAGE PENDENCY (in months)
Total 284,459 26.7
Issued 188,283 27.6
Abandoned  96,176 25.5

Applications In Process
 

702,070
 
N/A
 
UPR PENDENCY STATISTICS BY TECHNOLOGY CENTER (in months)
  To Issue Abandoned
Total UPR Pendency    
Tech Center 1600 - Biotechnology & Organic Chemistry 28.6 26.4
Tech Center 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering 27.0 25.3
Tech Center 2100 - Computer Architecture, Software 39.0 35.7
Tech Center 2600 - Communications 40.3 35.2
Tech Center 2800 - Semiconductor, Electrical, Optical Systems & Components 24.4 21.5
Tech Center 3600 - Tansportation, Construction & Agriculture 23.4 23.7
Tech Center 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Products & Design
 
24.6
 
20.9
 
TOTAL UPR PENDENCY BY TECHNOLOGY CENTER (in months)
 
Average Pendency in MonthsRead Note 11
Total UPR Pendency  
Tech Center 1600 - Biotechnology & Organic Chemistry 27.8
Tech Center 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering 26.6
Tech Center 2100 - Computer Architecture, Software 38.0
Tech Center 2600 - Communications 39.0
Tech Center 2800 - Semiconductor, Electrical, Optical Systems & Components 23.9
Tech Center 3600 - Transportation, Construction & Agriculture 23.5
Tech Center 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Products & Design 23.7


Notes: 1/ Pendency is calculated based on the most recent filing date. Back to Table

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