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FISCAL YEAR 1998

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Receipts and Dispositions by Technology Centers for Ex Parte Appeals

 

FY 1998 Monthly Dispositions-September 1998

Technology Center
Pending Beginning Month
Appeals Received Month Affirmed Modified* Reversed Remands Dismissed Withdrawals Total Pending End Month

Increase or Decrease Monthly

Percent of Case Month On Brief Pending End Month Heard Pending End Month
1600
1393
5
29
6
19
22
5
0
64
1334
-59
15.0
799
535
1700
3248
212
70
8
30
40
13
1
133
3327
79
37.4
2327
1000
1900
96
2
3
0
2
27
3
0
5
93
-3
1.0
59
34
2700
1690
102
16
5
31
28
0
1
66
1726
36
19.4
1238
488
2800
1288
53
10
6
19
27
3
0
44
1297
9
14.6
938
359
2900
34
5
2
0
3
2
0
0
6
33
-1
0.4
25
8
3600
389
18
14
9
18
12
1
0
49
358
-31
4.0
216
142
3700
770
55
44
15
30
21
2
3
104
721
-49
8.1
464
257
Board Totals
8908
452
188
49
152
70
7
5
471
8889
-19
100.0
6066
2823

 

AFFIRMED MODIFIED REVERSED REMAND DISMISSED W/D
39.9
10.4
32.3
14.9
1.5
1.1

 

FY 1998 Cumulative Dispositions

Pending Beginning Fiscal Year
Appeals Received Fiscal Year Affirmed Modified Reversed Remands Dismissed Withdrawal Total Pending End Fiscal Year Increase or Decrease Fiscal Year Percent of Case Workload On Brief Pending End Fiscal Year Heard Pending End Fiscal Year
1522
521
198
28
163
284
19
17
709
1334
-188
15.0
798
536
2958
1415
547
62
239
147
23
28
1046
3327
369
37.4
2327
1000
85
38
11
2
9
7
1
0
30
93
8
1.0
59
34
1590
728
158
73
246
98
8
9
592
1726
136
19.4
1238
488
1268
530
156
57
171
105
8
4
501
1297
29
14.6
938
359
57
44
31
0
23
14
0
0
68
33
-24
0.4
25
8
630
162
133
60
140
96
3
2
434
358
-272
4.0
216
142
1091
341
230
109
248
107
7
10
711
721
-370
8.1
464
257
9201
3779
1464
391
1239
858
69
70
4091
8889
-312
100.0
6065
2824

*Affirmed-in-Part

% Decisions-Fiscal Year to Date

AFFIRMED MODIFIED REVERSED REMAND DISMISSED W/D
35.8
9.6
30.3
21.0
1.7
1.7


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