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178 OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION TABLE 5 SUMMARY OF TOTAL PENDING PATENT APPLICATIONS (FY 2012) Stage of Processing Utility, Plant and Reissue Applications Design Applications Total Patent Applications Pending patent applications, total 1,208,648 37,493 1,246,141 In preexamination processing, total 84,419 4,194 88,613 Under examination, total 1,041,598 26,556 1,068,154 Undocketed 111,454 5,026 116,480 Awaiting first action by examiner 412,410 16,309 428,719 Subtotal applications awaiting first action by examiner 3 608,283 25,529 633,812 RCE Awaiting First Action 95,200 - 95,200 Rejected, awaiting response by applicant 296,270 4,137 300,407 Amended, awaiting action by examiner 80,850 940 81,790 In interference 83 - 83 On appeal, and other 1 45,331 144 45,475 In post-examination processing, total 82,631 6,743 89,374 Awaiting issue fee 66,982 5,118 72,100 Awaiting printing 2 12,370 1,623 13,993 D-10s (secret cases in condition for allowance) 3,279 2 3,281 1 Includes cases on appeal and undergoing petitions. 2 Includes withdrawn cases. 3 Subtotal is not included in pending patent applications total. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT: FISCAL YEAR 2012
TABLE 6 PATENTS ISSUED (FY 1992 - FY 2012) 1 Year Utility 2 Design Plant Reissue Total 1992 99,406 9,612 336 375 109,729 1993 96,675 9,946 408 302 107,331 1994 101,270 11,138 513 346 113,267 1995 101,895 11,662 390 294 114,241 1996 104,900 11,346 338 291 116,875 1997 111,977 10,331 400 267 122,975 1998 139,297 14,419 577 284 154,577 1999 142,852 15,480 436 393 159,161 2000 164,486 16,718 453 561 182,218 2001 169,571 17,179 563 504 187,817 2002 160,839 15,096 912 465 177,312 2003 171,493 16,525 1,178 394 189,590 2004 169,295 16,533 998 343 187,169 2005 151,077 13,395 816 195 165,483 2006 162,509 19,072 1,106 500 183,187 2007 160,306 22,543 979 548 184,376 2008 154,699 26,016 1,179 662 182,556 2009 165,213 23,415 1,096 398 190,122 2010 207,915 23,373 978 861 233,127 2011 221,350 21,295 816 969 244,430 2012 246,464 21,953 920 921 270,258 1 Past years’ data may have been revised from prior year reports. 2 Includes chemical, electrical, and mechanical applications. OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION www.uspto.gov 179
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Management's Discussion and Analysi
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America Invents Act President Obama
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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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