FY 2010 Process Production Report

FISCAL YEAR 2010

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Process Production Report

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences	FY09 Actual	FY10 Oct.	FY10 Nov.	FY10 Dec.	FY10 Jan.	FY10 Feb.	FY10 Mar.	FY10 Apr.	FY10 May.	FY10 Jun.	FY10 Jul.	FY10 Aug.	FY10 Sep.	FY10 Actual
CONTESTED CASES
Interferences
Cases Declared
Monthly		4	7	2	5	4	4	2	3	6	5	4	6
Year-to-date	55	4	11	13	18	22	26	28	31	37	42	46	52	52
Cases Disposed
Monthly		1	4	5	8	4	7	4	3	4	2	4	4
Year-to-date	63	1	5	10	18	22	29	33	36	40	42	46	50	50
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	44	47	50	47	44	44	41	39	39	41	44	44	44	46
Ex-Parte Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		5	2	6	18	10	7	22	22	22	9	14	21
Year-to-date	119	5	7	13	31	41	48	70	92	114	123	137	158	158
Cases Disposed
Monthly		4	11	11	9	8	14	10	14	11	11	19	27
Year-to-date	109	4	15	26	35	43	57	67	81	92	103	122	149	149
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	65	66	57	52	61	63	56	68	76	87	85	80	74	74
Inter Partes Reexam Appeals
Cases Received
Monthly		0	1	7	3	1	1	0	5	13	4	1	8
Year-to-date	15	0	1	8	11	12	13	13	18	31	35	36	44	44
Cases Disposed
Monthly		0	1	0	4	0	1	2	4	2	4	6	6
Year-to-date	10	0	1	1	5	5	6	8	12	14	18	24	30	30
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	9	9	9	16	15	16	16	14	15	26	26	21	23	23
Ex Parte Appeals*
Cases Received
Monthly		666	758	733	1042	781	1242	1562	1195	1175	1112	959	1155
Year-to-date	15344	666	1424	2157	3199	3980	5222	6784	7979	9154	10266	11225	12380	12380
Cases Disposed
Monthly		386	477	495	552	518	810	559	607	645	532	669	883
Year-to-date	6734	386	863	1358	1910	2428	3238	3797	4404	5049	5581	6250	7133	7133
Cases Pending
Year-to-date	12507	12787	13068	13306	13796	14059	14491	15494	16082	16612	17192	17482	17754	17754

* Ex parte appeals of applications for patents, not including ex parte reexamination or inter partes reexamination appeals.

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