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200 OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION TABLE 25 ACTIONS ON PETITIONS TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (FY 2008 - FY 2012) Nature of Petition 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Patent matters Actions on patent petitions, total 51,774 51,482 51,649 53,755 51,323 Acceptance of: Late assignments 621 628 773 892 739 Late issue fees 1,819 1,792 1,720 1,920 1,529 Late priority papers 10 13 5 4 6 Access 12 42 14 9 4 Certificates of correction 26,878 25,527 27,611 26,033 25,441 Deferment of issue 21 20 9 8 9 Entity Status Change 1,263 1,246 2,567 2,842 3,016 Filing date 975 723 539 531 413 Maintenance fees 2,774 1,949 2,173 2,457 1,984 Revivals 10,339 11,478 9,326 9,949 8,202 Rule 47 (37 CFR 1.47) 1,837 2,583 2,259 3,077 2,748 Supervisory authority 183 347 411 470 439 Suspend rules 228 301 237 275 162 Withdrawal from issue 1,642 1,423 1,912 1,948 2,196 Withdrawals of holding of aband. 3,172 3,410 2,093 3,340 4,435 Late Claim for Priority 986 1,121 1,094 1,389 1,298 Withdraw as Attorney 6,164 6,133 5,237 5,798 3,922 Matters Not Provided For (37 CFR 1.182) 1,009 1,334 1,236 1,603 1,775 To Make Special 4,653 4,797 4,264 10,573 12,832 Patent Term Adjustment/Extension 476 1,613 28,775 2,117 1,298 Trademark matters Actions on trademark petitions, total 29,703 24,747 21,852 23,133 21,036 Filing date restorations 1 28 20 13 6 19 Inadvertently issued registrations 178 134 116 78 81 Letters of Protest 876 1,011 1,003 1,213 1,490 Madrid Petitions 13 21 28 46 43 Make special 121 94 225 170 302 Reinstatements 2 1,249 851 563 547 354 Revive (reviewed on paper) 6,524 2,526 1,096 1,276 698 Revive (granted electronically) 3 19,654 18,967 17,686 18,802 16,913 Waive fees/refunds 30 18 18 5 18 Miscellaneous Petitions to the Director 940 1,008 971 840 967 Board Matters 9 11 16 9 15 Post Registration Matters 81 86 117 141 136 Petitions awaiting action as of 9/30 Trademark petitions awaiting response 56 72 51 60 26 Trademark petitions awaiting action 95 3 5 2 5 Trademark pending filing date issues - - - - - - Represents zero. 1 Trademark Applications entitled to a particular filing date; based on clear evidence of Trademark organization error. 2 Trademark Applications restored to pendency; inadvertently abandoned by the Trademark organization. 3 The petition to revive numbers were not separated into two categories (paper versus electronic) in previous years. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT: FISCAL YEAR 2012
TABLE 26 CASES IN LITIGATION (Selected Courts of the United States, as of September 30, 2012) Patents Trademarks OED Total United States District Courts Civil actions pending as of 9/30/11, total 114 1 2 117 Filed during FY 2012 35 1 - 36 Disposals, total 37 - 2 39 Reversed 1 - - 1 Remanded 2 - - 2 Dismissed 28 - 1 29 Summary Judgement (SJ) Granted - USPTO 1 - 1 2 SJ Granted - Opposing Party - - - - Transfer 5 - - 5 Civil actions pending as of 9/30/12, total 112 2 - 114 United States Courts of Appeals 1 Ex parte cases Cases pending as of 9/30/11 93 6 - 99 Cases filed during FY 2012 91 7 2 100 Disposals, total 114 7 2 123 USPTO Affirmed 69 3 1 73 District Court Affirmed - - - - Reversed 1 - - 1 Remanded 14 1 - 15 Dismissed 30 3 - 33 Vacated - - - - Transfer - - 1 1 Mandamus Denied - - - - Mandamus Granted - - - - Total ex parte cases pending as of 9/30/12 70 6 - 76 Inter partes cases Cases pending as of 9/30/11 8 12 - 20 Cases filed during FY 2012 6 13 - 19 Disposals, total 8 20 - 28 Affirmed 6 7 - 13 Reversed - 1 - 1 Remanded 2 4 - 6 Dismissed - 8 - 8 Transferred - - - - Total inter partes cases pending as of 9/30/12 6 5 - 11 Total United States Courts of Appeals cases pending as of 9/30/12 76 11 - 87 Supreme Court Ex parte cases Cases pending as of 9/30/11 1 - - 1 Cases filed during FY 2012 5 - - 5 Disposals, total 3 - - 3 Cases pending as of 9/30/12, total 3 - - 3 Notices of Suit filed in FY 2012 - - - - - Represents zero. 1 Includes Federal Circuit and Other Appellate Courts OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION www.uspto.gov 201
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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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