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Recent Patent Reexamination Appeal Results (FY 2011)
Posted On: May. 31, 2011
By: Scott A. McKeown
2011 Patent Reexamination Appeal Results (Q1-Q3)
As discussed last week, every quarter, the BPAI releases general statsistics on patent reexamination appeals. As promised, I have now gathered statistics that are specific to the type of reexamination proceeding. (Special thanks to the USPTO for providing me these figures).
Below are statistics from October 1, 2010 through May 20, 2011. Note that Q3 of FY 2011 has not yet closed, so, these statistics to not quite cover all of Q1-Q3. First let’s look at the overall statistics for 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
