United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 16 September 2003

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

FY 2003 MONTHLY DISPOSITIONS- JULY 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 7-1-2003 to 7-31-2003 440 59 16 7 20 5 4 3 55 444 4 18.2
1700 7-1-2003 to 7-31-2003 247 26 48 5 12 6 2 3 76 197 -50 8.1
2100 7-1-2003 to 7-31-2003 453 20 12 5 21 0 4 0 42 431 -22 17.6
2600 7-1-2003 to 7-31-2003 533 16 9 10 10 1 4 1 35 514 -19 21.0
2800 7-1-2003 to 7-31-2003 374 10 23 5 24 5 4 2 63 321 -53 13.1
2900 7-1-2003 to 7-31-2003 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 0.1
3600 7-1-2003 to 7-31-2003 310 29 9 11 27 4 8 0 59 280 -30 11.5
3700 7-1-2003 to 7-31-2003 282 21 10 6 20 3 9 0 48 255 -27 10.4
Board Totals   2641 184 128 49 134 24 36 9 380 2445 -196 100.0

 

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
FISCAL YEAR
1600 10-1-02 to 7-31-03 463 398 117 38 205 27 14 17 418 443 -20 18.1
1700 10-1-02 to 7-31-03 654 426 510 74 217 51 20 10 882 198 -456 8.1
2100 10-1-02 to 7-31-03 425 239 70 22 109 6 23 3 233 431 6 17.6
2600 10-1-02 to 7-31-03 575 310 97 53 161 13 37 10 371 514 -61 21.0
2800 10-1-02 to 7-31-03 483 236 140 51 155 15 31 6 398 321 -162 13.1
2900 10-1-02 to 7-31-03 5 23 13 0 11 0 1 0 25 3 -2 0.1
3600 10-1-02 to 7-31-03 244 378 67 51 167 24 31 2 342 280 36 11.5
3700 10-1-02 to 7-31-03 241 347 70 45 168 18 29 3 333 255 14 10.4
Board Totals   3090 2357 1084 334 1193 154 186 51 3002 2445 -645 100.0

*AFFIRMED-IN-PART

  AFFD MODIFIED REV PANEL RE ADMINIST DISM
% DECISIONS-FISCAL YEAR TO DATE 36.1 11.1 39.7 5.1 6.2 1.7

 

Of the 2445 pending appeals, 2093 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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