Patent Trial and Appeal Board Update October 22, Chief Judge James Donald Smith Patent Trial and Appeal Board United States Patent and Trademark Office
PTAB Overview 2
USPTO Locations 3
Union of Board States 4
PTAB Office Location Demographics as of October 20, 2014
Allocation of Judges * As of October 20, 2014
Appeals Overview 7
PTAB Inventory – Pending Ex Parte Appeals (excluding appeals from reexamination proceedings )
Decisions by Type: FY2013
AIA Trials Overview 10
AIA Petitions (Cumulative Numbers as of October 16, 2014) 11
AIA Progress (as of October 16, 2014) AIA Monthly Filings Total2,157 IPR1,908 CBM 241 PGR2 DER6
AIA Progress (as of October 16, 2014) AIA Petition Technology Breakdown
AIA Progress (as of October 16, 2014) AIA Petition Dispositions Trials Instituted Joinders Percent Instituted Denials Total No. of Decisions on Institution IPR FY %26203 FY % FY %1074 CBM FY %317 FY %30122 FY154-80%15 DERFY14--0%33
AIA Progress (as of October 16, 2014) AIA Final Dispositions Settlements Adverse Judgments Final Written Decisions IPR FY FY FY CBM FY FY FY15 4-2
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