Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
400000
350000 FAOMs in FY05
300000
250000
200000
FY 05 plan
150000 375,080
100000 (5.5% above FY
50000 04)
0 FY 05 actual
384,228 (8.1%
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
above FY04)
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
2.6% over plan
2
TC Application Inventory
New 55,402 63,923 71,778 97,380 77,651 56,738 65,005 508,87 18,451
Applications1 8
9/30/2004
New 62,644 72,697 76,529 115,58 94,425 70,354 83,225 586,58 24,534
Applications1 5 0
9/30/2005
1
“NewApplication inventory” is the number of new applications designated or assigned to a technology center awaiting a
first action.
*Total inventory includes applications not assigned to a particular TC, awaiting processing either pre- or post-examination.
3
Patent Pendency
(as of 1/1/2006)
4
First Action Pendency by
Art Areas
High Pendency Art Areas Pendency Low Pendency Art Areas Pendency
1 1
(months) (months)
1640 – Immunology, Receptor/ 27.7 1620 – Heterocyclic Compounds 16.9
Ligands, Cytokines, Recombinant and Uses
Hormones, and Molecular Biology
1743 – Analytic Chemistry & 30.8 1752 – Radiation Imagery 12.1
Wave Energy
2123 – Simulation and Modeling, 39.7 2125 – Manufacturing Control 20.0
Emulation of Computer Systems and Chemical/
Components Mechanical/Electrical Control
2617 – Interactive Video 50.4 2651 – Dynamic Information 16.1
Distribution Storage & Retrieval
2836 – Control Circuits 24.3 2833 – Electrical Connectors 8.8
3628 – Finance & Banking, 52.1 3612 – Land Vehicles 12.0
Accounting
13731 – Surgery:
“Average Cutting,
1st action 30.9 age from
pendency” is the average 3723filing
– Tools & Metal
to first Working
action for a newly filed 10.9
Clamping, Suturing
application, completed during October-December 2005. 5
Inventory by Art
Examples
High Inventory Art Areas Months of Low Inventory Art Areas Months of
Inventory* Inventory*
1614, 1615, and 1617 – Drugs, 38-51 1620 – Organic Chemistry 15
Bio-affecting and Body
Treatment
1753 – Radiation Imagery 34 1734 – Adhesive Bonding 10
and Coating Apparatus
2127 – Computer Task 46 2125 – Manufacturing 10
Management Control Systems and
Chemical/
Mechanical/Electrical Control
2611 – Interactive Video 114 2651, 2653 – Information 12
Distribution Storage and Retrieval
2836 – Control Circuits 22 2831 – Electrical Conductors 8
3620 – Business Methods 22-136 3651 – Conveying 12
3731 and 3737 – Medical 38-47 3742 – Thermal and 8
Instruments,
*The Diagnostic Combustion Technology
number of months it would take to reach a first action on the merits (e.g., an action addressing patentability
Equipment
issues) on a new application filed in July 2005 at today’s production rate. Today’s production rate means that there are
no changes in production due to hiring, attrition, changes to examination processing or examination efficiencies, and6
that applications are taken up in the order of filing in the given art unit/area. Of course, USPTO is taking aggressive
Quality of Products –
FY 05
Fiscal Year 2005
FY84
FY88
FY90
FY94
FY98
FY86
FY96
FY82
FY92
FY2000
FY2004
FY2002
Continuations (CON, CPA/RCE) CIPs
As of 10/24/2005 9
Continuation Filing
Percentage
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Y80 Y82 Y84 Y86 Y88 Y90 Y92 Y94 Y96 Y98 Y00 Y02 Y04
F F F F F F F F F F F F F
% Continuations (CON, CPA/RCE) of Total Filings
As of 10/24/2005 10
APPEAL PENDENCY
FY01 – FY05
16
14 14.5
12 Time to Decision
11.8
Inventory
10 9.9
8 7.7
6 6
4.8
4 3.5 3.8
2
0
FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05
11
Appeal Conference
Initiatives
16
13
Rule Makings on
Representative Claims and
Continuing Applications
Objectives:
Better focused examination – help
us get it right the first time
Create greater finality in
examination:
To help the Office turn to new
inventions and create public
certainty on patent protection
14
Pendency Reduction Action Plan
50.0
Historic Without Strategic Plan 1,000 Hires & Low Attrits Plus Claims & Continuation Rules Plus Patentability Report
40.0
Pendency
30.0
20.0
10.0
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