United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 08 October 2002

FISCAL YEAR 2002
BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
RECEIPTS AND DISPOSITIONS BY GROUPS
EX PARTE APPEALS

FY 2002 MONTHLY DISPOSITIONS- AUGUST 2002

    PENDING APPEALS               PENDING INCREASE/ PERCENT
TECHNOLOGY REPORTING BEGINNING RECEIVED       PANEL ADMINISTRATIVE     END DECREASE OF CASE
CENTER PERIOD MONTH MONTH AFFIRMED MODIFIED REVERSED REMANDS REMANDS DISMISSED TOTAL MONTH MONTH MONTH
                           
1600 8-1-2002 to 8-31-2002 555 18 20 2 20 8 1 2 53 520 -35 15.2
1700 8-1-2002 to 8-31-2002 938 50 71 11 37 13 10 1 143 845 -93 24.7
2100 8-1-2002 to 8-31-2002 434 25 10 3 15 0 8 0 36 423 -11 12.4
2600 8-1-2002 to 8-31-2002 590 44 10 7 26 2 5 1 51 583 -7 17.0
2800 8-1-2002 to 8-31-2002 549 25 12 8 19 1 15 0 55 519 -30 15.2
2900 8-1-2002 to 8-31-2002 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 0.2
3600 8-1-2002 to 8-31-2002 259 32 9 2 19 2 6 1 39 252 -7 7.4
3700 8-1-2002 to 8-31-2002 287 34 11 6 18 6 4 0 45 276 -11 8.1
Board Totals   3618 230 144 39 154 32 49 5 423 3425 -193 100.0

 

FY 2002 CUMULATIVE DISPOSITIONS

    PENDING APPEALS               PENDING INCREASE/ PERCENT
TECHNOLOGY REPORTING BEGINNING RECEIVED       PANEL ADMINISTRATIVE     END DECREASE OF CASE
CENTER PERIOD FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR AFFIRMED MODIFIED* REVERSED REMANDS REMANDS DISMISSED TOTAL FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR WORKLOAD
                           
1600 10-1-01 to 8-31-02 781 294 150 27 249 76 32 21 555 520 -261 15.2
1700 10-1-01 to 8-31-02 1583 584 570 84 371 91 178 28 1322 845 -738 24.7
2100 10-1-01 to 8-31-02 543 261 92 27 152 12 94 4 381 423 -120 12.4
2600 10-1-01 to 8-31-02 678 464 118 66 228 24 118 5 559 583 -95 17.0
2800 10-1-01 to 8-31-02 872 321 181 74 239 16 156 8 674 519 -353 15.2
2900 10-1-01 to 8-31-02 10 16 10 0 6 1 2 0 19 7 -3 0.2
3600 10-1-01 to 8-31-02 230 370 70 45 157 24 46 6 348 252 22 7.4
3700 10-1-01 to 8-31-02 353 441 103 54 227 34 92 8 518 276 -77 8.1
Board Totals   5050 2751 1294 377 1629 278 718 80 4376 3425 -1625 100.0

* AFFIRMED-IN-PART

 

 

  AFFD MODIFIED REV PANEL REMANDS ADMINISTRATIVE REMANDS DISM
% DECISIONS-FISCAL YEAR TO DATE 29.6 8.6 37.2 6.4 16.4 1.8

 

 

Of the 3425 pending appeals, 2543 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:

 

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