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174 FY 2012 USPTO Workload Tables Index of Tables Page Table 1 Summary of Patent Examining Activities 175 Table 2 Patent Applications Filed 176 Table 3 Patent Applications Pending Prior to Allowance 177 Table 4 Patent Pendency Statistics 177 Table 5 Summary of Total Pending Patent Applications 178 Table 6 Patents Issued 179 Table 7 Patent Applications Filed by Residents of the United States 180 Table 8 Patents Issued to Residents of the United States 181 Table 9 United States Patent Applications Filed by Residents of Foreign Countries 182 Table 10 Patents Issued by the United States to Residents of Foreign Countries 184 Table 11 Utility Patents Issued to Small Entities 185 Table 12 Statutory Invention Registrations Published 186 Table 13 United States Government Agency Patents 186 Table 14A Ex Parte Reexamination 187 Table 14B Inter Partes Reexamination 187 Table 15 Summary of Contested Patent Cases 188 Table 16 Summary of Trademark Examining Activities 189 Table 17 Trademark Applications Filed for Registration and Renewal and Trademark Affidavits Filed 190 Table 18 Summary of Pending Trademark Applications 191 Table 19 Trademarks Registered, Renewed, and Published Under Section 12(C) 192 Table 20 Trademark Applications Filed by Residents of the United States 193 Table 21 Trademarks Registered to Residents of the United States 194 Table 22 Trademark Applications Filed by Residents of Foreign Countries 195 Table 23 Trademarks Registered to Residents of Foreign Countries 197 Table 24 Summary of Contested Trademark Cases 199 Table 25 Actions on Petitions to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 200 Table 26 Cases in Litigation 201 Table 27 Patent Classification Activity 202 Table 28 Scientific and Technical Information Center Activity 202 Table 29 End of Year Personnel 203 Table 30A Top 50 Trademark Applicants 204 Table 30B Top 50 Trademark Registrants 204 PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT: FISCAL YEAR 2012
TABLE 1 SUMMARY OF PATENT EXAMINING ACTIVITIES (FY 2008 - FY 2012) (PRELIMINARY FOR FY 2012) 1 Patent Examining Activity 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Applications filed, total 1,2 496,886 486,499 510,060 537,171 565,566 Utility 3 466,258 458,901 479,332 504,663 530,915 Reissue 1,080 1,035 1,138 1,158 1,212 Plant 1,331 988 1,013 1,103 1,181 Design 28,217 25,575 28,577 30,247 32,258 Provisional applications filed 2,4 143,034 134,438 140,551 150,187 163,040 First actions OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION Design 28,756 27,858 26,051 25,042 26,578 Utility, Plant, and Reissue 422,065 469,946 447,485 505,651 542,081 PCT/Chapter 51,300 20,797 15,574 13,297 18,400 Patent application disposals, total 396,228 487,140 553,549 533,943 574,854 Allowed patent applications, total 187,607 214,523 264,119 266,580 305,840 Design 24,735 25,403 23,681 22,683 24,231 Utility, Plant, and Reissue 162,872 189,120 240,438 243,897 281,609 Abandoned, total 208,610 272,607 289,419 267,353 269,009 Design 2,936 3,840 3,101 2,701 2,567 Utility, Plant, and Reissue 205,674 268,767 286,318 264,652 266,442 Statutory invention registration disposals, total 11 10 11 10 5 PCT/Chapter II examinations completed 2,937 3,468 2,265 3,191 2,671 Applications published 5 309,194 325,988 338,452 321,115 328,620 Patents issued 2,6 182,556 190,122 233,127 244,430 270,258 Utility 154,699 165,213 207,915 221,350 246,464 Reissue 662 398 861 969 921 Plant 1,179 1,096 978 816 920 Design 26,016 23,415 23,373 21,295 21,953 Pendency time of average patent application7 32.2 34.6 35.3 33.7 32.4 Reexamination certificates issued 575 698 776 909 893 PCT international applications received by USPTO as receiving office 54,488 47,572 45,701 48,285 52,417 National requirements received by USPTO as designated/elected office 57,345 57,879 61,587 65,463 67,573 Patents renewed under Pub. L. No. 102-204 8 353,923 304,096 361,668 378,830 308,812 Patents expired under Pub. L. No. 102-204 8 67,127 66,330 79,993 82,146 80,050 1 FY 2012 filing data are preliminary and will be finalized in the FY 2013 PAR. 2 FY 2011 application data has been updated with final end of year numbers. 3 Utility patents include chemical, electrical and mechanical applications. 4 Provisional applications provided for in Pub. L. No. 103-465. 5 Eighteen-month publication of patent applications provided for the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999, Pub. L. No.106-113. 6 Excludes withdrawn numbers. Past years’ data may have been revised from prior year reports. 7 Average time (in months) between filing and issuance or abandonment of utility, plant, and reissue applications. This average does not include design patents. 8 The provisions of Pub. L. No.102-204 regarding the renewal of patents superseded Pub. L. No. 96-517 and Pub. L. No. 97-247. www.uspto.gov 175
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Table of Contents Message from the
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4 MESSAGE FROM THE UNDER SECRETARY
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Management's Discussion and Analysi
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the Patent Public Advisory Committe
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America Invents Act President Obama
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There are 11 Strategic Plan perform
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What is a patent? A patent is an in
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Strategic Goal 1: Optimize Patent Q
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OBJECTIVE 2: Increase patent applic
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FIGURE 8 Cumulative Total PPH Filin
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measure. Note that FY 2011 was the
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E-petitions allow applicants to obt
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What is a trademark or service mark
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was formed to work with applicants
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the number of highly-qualified pate
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