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202 OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION TABLE 27 PATENT CLASSIFICATION ACTIVITY (FY 2008 - FY 2012) Activity 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Original patents professionally reclassified - completed projects 13,727 9,955 90,869 25,540 6,175 Subclasses established 1,037 631 1,429 753 311 Reclassified patents clerically processed, total 111,507 60,778 156,590 165,019 31,232 Original U.S. patents 25,903 18,765 52,036 55,090 10,969 Cross-reference U.S. patents 85,604 42,013 104,554 109,929 20,263 TABLE 28 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER ACTIVITY (FY 2012) Activity Quantity Prior Art Search Services Provided: Commercial Database Searches Completed 27,720 Genetic Sequence Searches Completed 7,508 Number of Genetic Sequences Searched 31,258 CRF Submissions Processed 18,467 PLUS Searches Completed 71,353 Foreign Patent Searches Completed 5,749 Document Delivery Services Provided: Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan Requests Processed 19,493 Copies of Foreign Patents Provided 11,365 Information Assistance and Automation Services: One-on-One Examiner Information Assistance 20,877 One-on-One Examiner Automation Assistance 35,029 Patents Employee Attendance at Automation Classes 52,792 Foreign Patents Assistance for Examiners and Public 8,136 Examiner Briefings on Scientific & Technical Information Center Information Sources and Services Translation Services Provided for Examiners: 30,964 Written Translations of Documents 4,037 Number of Words Translated (Written) 13,551,306 Documents Orally Translated 1 3,628 Total Number of Examiner Service Contacts 348,376 Collection Usage and Growth: Print/Electronic Non-Patent Literature Collection Usage 1,556,019 Print Books/Subscriptions Purchased 77,824 Full Text Electronic Journal Titles Available 69,484 Full Text Electronic Book Titles Available 187,815 NPL Databases Available for Searching (est.) 1,581 1 includes orally translated requests for Trademarks. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT: FISCAL YEAR 2012
TABLE 29 END OF YEAR PERSONNEL 1 (FY 2008 - FY 2012) Activity 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Business Patent Business Line 8,582 8,786 8,645 9,234 10,632 Trademark Business Line 936 930 862 976 899 Total USPTO 9,518 9,716 9,507 10,210 11,531 Examination Staff Patent Examiners Utility, Plant, and Reissue Examiners 5,955 6,145 6,128 6,685 7,831 Design Examiners 100 98 97 95 104 Total UPR and Design Examiners 6,055 6,243 6,225 6,780 7,935 Patent Examiner Attrition Rate Less Transfers and Retirees 7.83% 5.51% 3.75% 2.96% 3.07% Trademark Examining Attorneys 398 388 378 378 386 Trademark Examining Attorneys Attrition Rate 7.87% 3.24% 3.08% 2.83% 3.98% 1 Number of people on-board. OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION www.uspto.gov 203
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Table of Contents Message from the
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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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What is a trademark or service mark
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the number of highly-qualified pate
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