Tag Archives: Reversal Rate

Last week the USPTO unveiled its new “Data Visualization Center” which provides patent application pendency, backlog and examination data in a graphic “dashboard” format. While not as fancy, the Board of Appeals and Interferences also has published graphic data on its workload, with monthly statistics from May 2010 to August 2010. The Board’s data show that its backlog continues to grow at a tremendous rate, while its overall reversal rate for the current fiscal year (which ends at the end of September) is about 29%.

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