TABLE 24: ACTIONS ON
PETITIONS TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE USPTO
(FY 1999 - FY 2003)
NATURE OF PETITION |
1999 |
FN |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
Patent matters |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Actions on patent petitions, total |
31,555 |
1
|
33,386 |
43,062 |
22,290 |
57,267 |
Acceptance of: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amendments filed after payment of issue fee |
19 |
|
15 |
22 |
15 |
18 |
Late assignments |
69 |
|
106 |
85 |
30 |
42 |
Late issue fees |
- |
|
- |
1,332 |
1,676 |
2,362 |
Late priority papers |
46 |
|
77 |
72 |
330 |
1,184 |
Access |
9 |
|
24 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
Certificates of correction |
17,583 |
|
14,111 |
22,157 |
0 |
32,445 |
Deferment of issue |
52 |
|
68 |
25 |
21 |
40 |
Entity Status Change |
569 |
|
888 |
986 |
836 |
- |
Filing date |
529 |
|
744 |
1,375 |
2,158 |
1,776 |
Interference |
3 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
Make special: |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Infringement/manufacture |
- |
|
- |
- |
3 |
- |
Other |
1,502 |
|
1,574 |
1,498 |
1,573 |
1,592 |
Miscellaneous |
920 |
|
2,323 |
1,854 |
1,411 |
2,547 |
Maintenance fees |
1,474 |
|
1,698 |
1,614 |
1,614 |
2,002 |
Public use |
- |
|
5 |
- |
3 |
- |
Reexamination proceedings |
17 |
|
- |
- |
6 |
2 |
Restriction |
75 |
|
73 |
42 |
102 |
82 |
Revivals |
4,158 |
|
5,084 |
4,231 |
3,395 |
4,154 |
Rule 47 (37 CFR 1.47) |
407 |
|
849 |
1,531 |
1,698 |
2,045 |
Supervisory authority |
66 |
|
75 |
44 |
112 |
196 |
Suspend rules |
861 |
|
942 |
875 |
1,052 |
1,441 |
Withdrawal of attorney |
- |
|
1,401 |
2,002 |
2,530 |
3,749 |
Withdrawal from issue |
862 |
|
1,212 |
991 |
1,178 |
881 |
Change of inventorship |
80 |
|
147 |
121 |
186 |
228 |
Withdrawals of holding of aband./pat. lapse |
1,854 |
|
1,970 |
2,201 |
2,355 |
468 |
Trademark matters
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Actions on trademark petitions, total |
5,863 |
|
6,858 |
10,374 |
24,699 |
18,493 |
Affidavits of Use and extensions |
168 |
|
31 |
- |
1 |
3 |
Decision by examiner |
3 |
|
6 |
23 |
14 |
20 |
Filing date restorations 2
|
1,402 |
|
1,311 |
1,785 |
846 |
495 |
Grant application filing date |
656 |
|
66 |
25 |
29 |
21 |
Inadvertently issued registrations |
253 |
|
233 |
325 |
654 |
516 |
Interferences |
- |
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
- |
Make special |
160 |
|
157 |
199 |
133 |
138 |
Miscellaneous |
76 |
|
40 |
23 |
40 |
46 |
Oppositions and extensions |
30 |
|
- |
6 |
3 |
4 |
Record documents affecting title |
2 |
|
- |
2 |
1 |
4 |
Reinstatements 3
|
1,501 |
|
2,130 |
2,043 |
6,304 |
3,845 |
Restore jurisdiction to examiner |
10 |
|
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
Review board decisions |
40 |
|
6 |
13 |
10 |
14 |
Revive |
1,262 |
|
2,673 |
5,633 |
16,222 |
12,771 |
Section 7 correction/amendment |
14 |
|
- |
10 |
17 |
10 |
Section 9 renewal |
6 |
|
3 |
13 |
14 |
28 |
Section 8 or 15 |
17 |
|
61 |
60 |
75 |
61 |
Section 44(e)
Amendment 4
|
131 |
|
102 |
183 |
317 |
493 |
Review Letter of Protest Decision
4
|
5 |
|
3 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
Waive fees/refunds |
127 |
|
31 |
20 |
11 |
14 |
Petitions awaiting action as of 9/30/03
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patent matters |
2,389 |
|
1,458 |
699 |
1,844 |
2,317 |
Trademark petitions awaiting response |
22 |
|
158 |
503 |
2,197 |
354 |
Trademark petitions awaiting action |
651 |
|
3,199 |
6,060 |
582 |
1,791 |
Trademark pending filing
date issues 4
|
- |
|
189 |
24 |
12 |
8 |

- Represents zero.
/1 Correction to FY 1999 Report.
/2 Trademark Applications entitled to a particular filing
date; based on clear evidence of Office error. 
/3 Trademark Applications restored to pendency; inadvertently
abandoned by the Office. 
/4 Not reported in previous years.
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