Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Michael R. Fleming Chief Administrative Patent Judge United States Patent and Trademark Office
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
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, % + 143%
9/21/094 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed Challenge to Provide Timely Decisions
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
9/21/096 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed Timely Decisions Hiring of New Judges - 7 new Judges on board - March new Judges on board - October new Judges on board during the rest of FY2008
9/21/097 Recent Trends in Appeal Briefs Filed Timely Decisions Expansion of Patent Attorney Program - 4 Patent Attorneys on board in FY new Patent Attorneys hired in FY new Patent Attorneys hired through mid-FY2009
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
9/21/099 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
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
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