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Richard Linn American Inn of CourtUpdates from the PTAB
February 21, 2013
James Donald SmithChief Administrative Patent JudgePatent Trial and Appeal Board
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Hiring
• Since October 2011– Reviewed nearly 1,500 applicant records– Interviewed nearly 220 candidates– Selected 85 highly qualified candidates to become new
Judges– We stand at 163 Judges as of January 28, 2013.
• Opportunities at Detroit/Denver/Dallas/Silicon Valley Satellite Offices – Selecting candidates from previous postings now– New advertisements have been posted
• Goal for FY2013 - add 60 judges.
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Board Hiring
• Selectees have come from the following:– USPTO Patent Examining Corps, Office of
the General Counsel, and the PTAB– International Trade Commission and
Department of Justice– Private Practice (solo to very large)– All types of industries
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Members of the Board (as of 02/20/2013)
1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 1990 2000 2010 2012 2013 Goal
0
50
100
150
200
250
Judges
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Board Backlog
• Growth of the Backlog has been halted:– Overall, for the last 4 months, more decisions issued than new
appeals received– Encouraging (for now)
• Benefiting from numerous factors– Successful hiring in FY2012 that needs to continue in FY2013– Somewhat lower end-of-year intake for FY2012 and beginning
of FY 2013– Extraordinary efforts by current Judges
• Trend can still be reversed if ex parte appeal intake and AIA intake grow faster than new hires
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Board Backlog
7/5/20
12
8/5/20
12
9/5/20
12
10/5/20
12
10/16
/2012
10/23/2
012
10/30/2
012
11/6/20
12
11/13/2
012
11/20/2
012
11/27/2
012
12/04/2
012
12/11
/2012
12/18/2
012
12/25/2
012
01/01/2
013
01/08
/2013
01/15/2
013
01/22/2
013
01/29/2
013
02/05/2
013
02/12/2
013
02/19/2
01326,400
26,500
26,600
26,700
26,800
26,900
27,000
27,100
27,200
26,80726,832
26,858
26,702
27,029
27,12627,105
26,915
27,05127,023
26,950
26,734
26,89426,859
26,734
26,644
26,78626,82826,82526,807
26,664
26,85426,869
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PTAB Receipts and DispositionsPast Month
PTAB Receipts and Dispositions
Period: 01/19/2013 thru 02/19/2013
Discipline # Cases Received # Cases Disposed Difference (Disposed minus Received)
Biotech 73 59 -14
Business Methods 82 102 20
Chemical 147 188 41
Contested Cases 28 22 -6
Design 3 0 -3
Electrical 501 425 -76
Mechanical 250 281 31
***Totals*** 1084 1077 -7
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PTAB Receipts and DispositionsWeekly: 01/09/2013 through 02/13/2013
1/9/2013 1/16/2013 1/23/2013 1/30/2013 2/6/2013 2/13/2013 2/20/2013 Average-200
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
774 797
727
956
1098 11141084
936883
832
710
882
1099 11191077
943
109
35
-17-74
1 5
-7
7
Receipts & Dispositions Summary Report FY2013
Received Disposed Difference
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Monthly Receipts and Dispositions – New Judge Comparison
May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12-200
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
961 982 9881062
834 796741
791
110150 186
235
-17 -36 -61 -36
Receipts
Experienced Judges
New Judges
Difference
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Monthly Receipts and Dispositions – New Judge Comparison
Sep-12 Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13-400
-200
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
817
1116
841 803
1031
891
575659 624
717
235 260310 292
366309
-281
128 11352
Receipts
Experienced Judges
New Judges
Difference
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Decisions by Type: FY2013
54%
13%
30%
0%1%
2%
Decisions
AffirmedAffirmed-in-PartReversedPanel RemandAdministrative RemandDismissed
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Decisions Adopting Persuasive Arguments Made in the Record
• Allow the Board to issue decisions based on arguments presented by Examiners or Appellants– Shorter decisions; disposed sooner;
sometimes designated “Per Curiam”• Arguments of record must sufficiently explain
the decision• Working with the offices of the Under-Secretary
and Solicitor, the rules were finalized
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“Per Curiam” Short Decisionsas of 02/20/2013
21
6
142
47
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 (to date)
Per Curiam Decisions
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Outcomes at the Federal Circuit
FY2012 FY2013 (to date) Total
Affirmances 67 20 87
Reversals 4 1 5
Remands 10 3 13
Dismissals 12 7 19
Total 93 31 124
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Patent Corps Collaboration
• Continuing to explore collaboration opportunities
• Additional Examiner interviews during prosecution
• Additional Examiner review of after-final amendments before coming to the Board
(on-going)
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Published Opinions
• Committee established to increase designation of precedential and informative decisions
• Also will post informative orders from AIA proceedings
• Looking at optimizing manner of posting on site