2015 Patent Data
Revision as of 18:03, 28 January 2016 by imported>Albert (New page: ==Patent Filings== From Data Visualization Center: *Total Filings: '''580,327''' **RCE (Request for Continued Examination) Filings: '''168,594''' **Non-RCE Filings: '''411,733''' ***Desi...)
Patent Filings
From Data Visualization Center:
- Total Filings: 580,327
- RCE (Request for Continued Examination) Filings: 168,594
- Non-RCE Filings: 411,733
- Design Filings: 37,735
Patent Litigation
From LexMachina:
- Patent Case Filings: 5,820
- Cases Open: 3,003
- Cases Terminated: 2,817
- 44% of FY2015 case filings were through the Eastern District of Texas.
- 29% of FY2015 case filings were viewed by Judge James Rodney Gilstrap.
Patent Legislation
From Govtrack.us:
(114th Congressional Session)
- Total Pieces of Legislation: 137
- House: 76
- House Simple: 2
- House Concurrent: 1
- Senate: 56
- Senate Simple: 1
- Senate Concurrent: 1
- House: 76
- "Simple" Resolutions affect only that particular chamber in which it is passed. Usually deal with more fluffy policy, such as designating a week in honor of small businesses.
- "Concurrent" Resolutions do not carry the force of law (unlike a joint bill) but must be approved by both chambers in identical form.
