FISCAL YEAR 2013
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Performance Measures 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr FY13 Cumulative APPEAL PENDENCY MEASURES Pendency of decided appeals from Appeal number assignment date to decision date (average number of months) 25 27 26 26 Pendency of decided appeals from Notice of Appeal (average number of months) 36 37 36 36 INTERFERENCE PENDENCY MEASURES Pendency of terminated Interferences (average number of months) 10 17 10 18 13 Interferences Terminated in less than 2 years (% of Interferences Terminated) 95.0% 83.0% 100.0% 67.0% 88.0%