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Year-to-date Activity and Status of Pending Appeals — Current Fiscal Year
Table of data for appeals filed, terminated, and pending for all origins for the
current fiscal year. This table, updated monthly, also identifies the various stages in which appeals
are currently pending: October, 2008, November, 2008,
December, 2008, January, 2009, February, 2009, March, 2009 and April, 2009.
Caseload, Overall
Line chart for appeals filed in each fiscal year, 1983-2008.
Caseload, by Major Origin
Line chart for appeals filed from five originating courts and agencies, for
the last ten fiscal years, 1999-2008.
Caseload, Patent Infringement
Charts for filing and disposition data for appeals in patent infringement cases.
- Line chart for appeals filed, for the last ten fiscal years,
1999-2008.
- Pie chart for merit and non-merit dispositions, in a 12-month period,
Oct 07 – Sep 08.
- Affirmance and Reversal Rates for District Court Patent Infringement Appeals (bar graph), 1999-2008
Caseload, by Category
Pie charts for caseload divided into primary categories: intellectual property law,
money suits against the government, and administrative law.
Caseload Analysis
Summary and comparison of case filing and disposition data for two consecutive 12-month periods.
Includes appeals filed and terminated from all courts and agencies of origin; merits terminations in all origins;
and case event timelines: 2006-2007, 2007-2008
Appeals Filed, Terminated, and Pending
Table of data for appeals pending on the first and last
day of the fiscal year; appeals filed, terminated by judges (merit and procedural), and terminated overall; and
percentage of appeals terminated on the merits which were reversed; for appeals from all originating courts and agencies:
1997, 1998,
1999, 2000,
2001, 2002,
2003, 2004,
2005, 2006,
2007, 2008.
Appeals Terminated by Merits Panels
- Table of data for cases decided after hearing or submission, divided into
primary categories: Civil U.S., Civil Private, and Administrative,
2006, 2007, 2008.
- Terminations by Merits Panels, by Opinion Type (bar graph), 1999-2008.
- Percentage of Appeals Terminated by Merits Panels in 90 Days or Less (bar graph), 1999-2008.
- District Court Cases Remanded in Full or in Part by Federal Circuit Merits Panels (bar graph), 1999-2008.
Pending Appeals
- Line chart showing the total number of appeals pending on the last day of the fiscal year,
for the last ten fiscal years, 1999-2008
- Inventory Control Index (Number of Months Required to Terminate Current Pending Appeals) (bar graph), 1999-2008.
Median Disposition Time for Cases Terminated After Hearing or Submission
Line chart and accompanying data table showing the median time (in months) from
docketing date to decision date in cases decided on the merits:
Petitions for Rehearing Filed and Granted
- Bar chart showing the number of petitions (Petitions for Rehearing, Combined
Petitions, and En Banc Petitions) filed and granted for the last ten fiscal years,
1999-2008.
Petitions for Writ of Certiorari
- Bar chart showing the number of petitions for writ of certiorari filed in Federal Circuit cases and granted by the United States Supreme Court, 1999-2008.
Circuit Mediation Office
Table of activities of the Circuit Mediation Office including number of appeals brought into mediation, numbers of appeals settled, both patent and non-patent, and success rate.
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