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1 Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Michael R. Fleming Chief Administrative Patent Judge United States Patent and Trademark Office

2 9/21/092 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed  Major Accomplishments - Ex Parte Appeals 7,000 projected Ex Parte Appeal Decisions FY 2009 an increase of 41.7% over the total Ex Parte Appeal Decisions FY 2008

3 9/21/093 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed Challenge to Provide Timely Decisions Workload Increase: Docketed Appeals FY2007 Actual FY2008 Actual FY2009 Projected 4,639 6,385 15,500 + 37.6% + 143%

4 9/21/094 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed Challenge to Provide Timely Decisions

5 9/21/095 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed Timely Decisions Hiring of New Judges Expansion of the Patent Attorney Program Improving Speed and Quality of BPAI Processes

6 9/21/096 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed Timely Decisions Hiring of New Judges - 7 new Judges on board - March 2007 - 15 new Judges on board - October 2007 - 13 new Judges on board during the rest of FY2008

7 9/21/097 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed Timely Decisions Expansion of Patent Attorney Program - 4 Patent Attorneys on board in FY 2007 - 21 new Patent Attorneys hired in FY 2008 - 12 new Patent Attorneys hired through mid-FY2009

8 9/21/098 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed Timely Decisions Chambers Program  Personnel 2 Judges 2 Patent Attorneys 1 Paralegal  Each Judge is the supervisory back-up of the other  Patent Attorneys review quality and workflow of Paralegal  Cohesive Team

9 9/21/099 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed Timely Decisions Chambers Program – Started October 2008 with 4 chambers – Expanded with 7 additional chambers July 2009 – Expanded with 4 additional chambers Oct 2009 –Total of 31 judges assigned Patent Attorneys out of 80

10 9/21/0910 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed Human Capital Additional Resources Hire 9 Judges and 24 Patent Attorneys to report November 2009 and 12 Judges and 5 Patent Attorneys to report June 2010 Total FY2010 Cost: $6,483,000 Impact of FY2010-FY2014 hiring plan

11 9/21/0911 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed Human Capital


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