FY 1999 Ex Parte OG Report
FISCAL YEAR 1999
Receipts and Dispositions by Technology Centers for Ex Parte Appeals
FY 1999 Monthly Dispositions - September 1999
TECHNOLOGY CENTER REPORTING PERIOD PENDING BEGINNING MONTH APPEALS RECEIVED MONTH AFFIRMED MODIFIED* REVERSED REMANDS DISMISSED WITHDRAWALS TOTAL PENDING END MONTH INCREASE OR DECREASE MONTHLY PERCENT OF CASE MONTH 1600 9-1-99 to 9-30-99 1291 64 22 6 42 22 5 0 97 1258 -33 15.1 1700 9-1-99 to 9-30-99 3428 74 85 16 43 40 13 0 197 3305 -123 39.6 2700 9-1-99 to 9-30-99 1655 86 8 19 40 27 3 0 97 1644 -11 19.7 2800 9-1-99 to 9-30-99 1229 65 23 4 32 28 0 0 87 1207 -22 14.5 2900 9-1-99 to 9-30-99 38 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 38 0 0.5 3600 9-1-99 to 9-30-99 393 38 11 11 21 12 1 0 56 375 -18 4.5 3700 9-1-99 to 9-30-99 553 60 27 10 36 21 2 0 96 517 -36 6.2 Board Totals 8587 390 176 66 215 152 24 0 633 8344 -243 100.0
FY 1999 Cumulative Dispositions
TECHNOLOGY CENTER REPORTING PERIOD PENDING BEGINNING FISCAL YEAR APPEALS RECEIVED FISCAL YEAR AFFIRMED MODIFIED* REVERSED REMANDS DISMISSED WITHDRAWALS TOTAL PENDING END FISCAL YEAR INCREASE OR DECREASE FISCAL YEAR PERCENT OF CASE WORKLOAD 1600 10-1-98 TO 9-30-99 1334 464 151 34 194 121 38 2 540 1258 -76 15.1 1700 10-1-98 TO 9-30-99 3420 1234 515 123 361 284 64 2 1349 3305 -115 39.7 2700 10-1-98 TO 9-30-99 1726 717 159 106 334 174 25 1 799 1644 -82 19.6 2800 10-1-98 TO 9-30-99 1297 525 151 60 231 159 14 0 615 1207 -90 14.5 2900 10-1-98 TO 9-30-99 33 70 28 0 15 21 1 0 65 38 5 0.4 3600 10-1-98 TO 9-30-99 358 508 117 74 182 106 12 0 491 375 17 4.3 3700 10-1-98 TO 9-30-99 721 522 190 107 271 142 16 0 726 517 -204 6.3 Board Totals 8889 4040 1311 504 1588 1007 170 5 4585 8344 -545 100.0
% Decisions-Fiscal Year to Date AFFD MODIFIED* REV REMANDS DISM W/D 28.6 11.0 34.6 22.0 3.7 0.1* Affirmed-in-Part
The Board Totals above are an accurate depiction of aggregate receipts and production for the fiscal year.
Because the Technology Centers have been in existence less than a full year, the Technology Center statistics are estimations.
Technology center 1900 has been abolished; accordingly, the inventory for technology center 1900 has been aggregated with the inventory of technology center 1700.
Of the 8344 pending appeals, 1564 are currently assigned to administrative patent judge dockets.
With the exception of a limited number of appeals involving special circumstances, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences is currently deciding appeals received at the Board as follows:CHEMICAL - Fiscal Year 1996
ELECTRICAL - Fiscal Year 1997
MECHANICAL - Fiscal Year 1998
DESIGN - Fiscal Year 1999