This tab allows you to analyze all the appeals on the same Art Unit to extract the final PTAB decisions in order for you to evaluate your chances of reversing examiner : Filter by examiner, law firms and applicant to have statistics on the final PTAB decisions.




You will find below a summary of the charts/tables available on this page:

 

1) Examiner details


This first graph is a reminder to clarify the statistical basis. Two options are available:

  • Limited to the current examiner
  • Full corresponding art unit 

This widget indicate the statistical basis on which all the filters and graphs will be applied.

 

2) Applicant wins


Indication of the won appeal rate for the selected filters.


3) Applicant wins/loses


Like the applicant win rate, this graph corresponds to the number of appeal examined and their status for the chosen filters. This allows us to contextualize the "Applicant win rate" in the number of cases that allowed its calculation. 


4) PTAB Decision


This graph allows you to visualize and count the different PTAB decision made on the chosen basis (based on the filters). 


5) Final outcome


This represent the status of the application that are taken into account in this page.


6) Generic stats:

  • Exit after Notice of appeals or pre-appeal (no applicant brief)
  • Exit after applicant brief (no Examiner reply, no PTAB decision)
  • Exit after Examiner reply (no PTAB decision)
  • Receiving a PTAB decision



7) Biggest customer numbers


The customer numbers are relative (in general) to the law firms handling the cases. This allows you to compare their results. 

More information on the USPTO customer number :

https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s403.html

8) Biggest applicants

 

By listing the applicants for a particular filter, it allows you to compare your results with those of your competitors. 


9) List of appeal

 

The list of appeal allows to see the real patents behind the statistics. Available column in this table:

  • Appeals
  • Date of notice
  • Applicant (filterable)
  • Examiner
  • Customer number (filterable)
  • Representative
  • Pre-appeal brief
  • Appeal brief
  • Examiner answer