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.