TABLE 14: SUMMARY OF CONTESTED PATENT CASES
(Within the Patent and Trademark Office, as of September 30, 2004)
Ex parte cases |
Appeals 1 |
Cases Pending as of 9/30/04 |
1,968 |
Cases Filed During FY 2004 |
2,469 |
Disposals During FY 2004, total |
Decided, total |
3,452 |
Affirmed |
1,282 |
Affirmed-in-Part |
401 |
Reversed |
1,290 |
Dismissed / Withdrawn |
80 |
Remanded |
399 |
Cases Pending as of 9/30/04 |
985 |
Rehearings
|
Cases Pending as of 9/30/04 |
17 |
Inter partes cases
|
Cases pending as of 9/30/04 |
107 |
Cases declared or reinstituted during FY 2004 |
86 |
Inter partes cases, FY 2004 total |
193 |
Cases terminated during FY 2004 |
117 |
Cases pending as of 9/30/04 |
76 |
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