FY 2004 Process Production Report
FISCAL YEAR 2004
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Process Production Report
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences FY03 Actual FY04 Oct. FY04 Nov. FY04 Dec. FY04 Jan. FY04 Feb. FY04 Mar. FY04 Apr. FY04 May. FY04 Jun. FY04 Jul. FY04 Aug. FY04 Sep. FY04 Actual Inter Partes Cases Cases Declared Monthly 9 9 15 8 3 8 7 6 9 5 3 4 Year-to-date 90 9 18 33 41 44 52 59 65 74 79 82 86 86 Cases Restored to Docket Monthly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Year-to-date 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Cases Disposed Monthly 15 10 8 16 10 9 12 9 10 4 5 9 Year-to-date 159 15 25 33 49 59 68 80 89 99 103 108 117 117 Cases Pending Year-to-date 107 101 100 107 99 92 91 86 83 82 83 81 76 76 Ex-Parte Cases Cases Received Monthly 317 149 117 199 179 228 235 157 166 195 296 231 Year-to-date 2721 317 466 583 782 961 1189 1424 1581 1747 1942 2238 2469 2469 Cases Disposed Monthly 199 226 165 261 300 412 239 257 314 299 324 456 Year-to-date 3843 199 425 590 851 1151 1563 1802 2059 2373 2672 2996 3452 3452 Cases Pending Year-to-date 1968 2086 2009 1961 1899 1778 1594 1590 1490 1342 1238 1210 985 985