United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 02 September 2003

FISCAL YEAR 2003
BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
RECEIPTS AND DISPOSITIONS BY GROUPS
EX PARTE APPEALS

FY 2003 MONTHLY DISPOSITIONS- JUNE 2003

TECHNOLOGY CENTER REPORTING PERIOD PENDING BEGINNING MONTH ~APPEALS RECEIVED MONTH AFFIRMED MODIFIED REVERSED PANEL REMANDS ADMINISTRATIVE REMANDS DISMISSED TOTAL PENDING END MONTH INCREASE/ DECREASE MONTH PERCENT OF CASE MONTH
1600 6-1-2003 to 6-30-2003 425 62 19 6 20 3 0 0 48 439 14 16.6
1700 6-1-2003 to 6-30-2003 267 45 38 2 15 6 2 1 64 248 -19 9.4
2100 6-1-2003 to 6-30-2003 439 35 5 1 12 1 1 1 21 453 14 17.2
2600 6-1-2003 to 6-30-2003 517 47 10 4 14 1 1 1 31 533 16 20.2
2800 6-1-2003 to 6-30-2003 407 28 32 9 14 3 3 0 61 374 -33 14.2
2900 6-1-2003 to 6-30-2003 4 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 0.1
3600 6-1-2003 to 6-30-2003 301 52 14 10 15 1 3 0 43 310 9 11.7
3700 6-1-2003 to 6-30-2003 276 40 4 5 21 1 3 0 34 282 6 10.7
Board Totals   2636 307 122 37 111 16 13 3 302 2641 5 100.0

 

FY 2003 CUMULATIVE DISPOSITIONS

TECHNOLOGY CENTER REPORTING PERIOD PENDING BEGINNING FISCAL YEAR APPEALS RECEIVED FISCAL YEAR AFFIRMED MODIFIED* REVERSED PANEL REMANDS ADMINISTRATIVE REMANDS DISMISSED TOTAL PENDING END FISCAL YEAR INCREASE/ DECREASE FISCAL YEAR PERCENT OF CASE WORKLOAD
1600 10-1-02 to 6-30-03 463 339 101 31 185 22 10 14 363 439 -24 16.6
1700 10-1-02 to 6-30-03 654 400 462 69 205 45 18 7 806 248 -406 9.4
2100 10-1-02 to 6-30-03 425 219 58 17 88 6 19 3 191 453 28 17.2
2600 10-1-02 to 6-30-03 575 294 88 43 151 12 33 9 336 533 -42 20.2
2800 10-1-02 to 6-30-03 483 226 117 46 131 10 27 4 335 374 -109 14.2
2900 10-1-02 to 6-30-03 5 20 12 0 11 0 0 0 23 2 -3 0.1
3600 10-1-02 to 6-30-03 244 349 58 40 140 20 23 2 283 310 66 11.7
3700 10-1-02 to 6-30-03 241 326 60 39 148 15 20 3 285 282 41 10.7
Board Totals   3090 2173 956 285 1059 130 150 42 2622 2641 -449 100.0

* AFFIRMED-IN-PART

  AFFD MODIFIED REV PANEL REM ADMINISTRA DISM
% DECISIONS-FISCAL YEAR TO DATE 36.5 10.9 40.4 5.0 5.7 1.6

 

Of the 2641 pending appeals, 2297 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:

BIOTECH Fiscal Year 2001
CHEMICAL Fiscal Year 2001
ELECTRICAL Fiscal Year 2000
MECHANICAL Fiscal Year 2002
DESIGN Fiscal Year 2003