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USPTO Issues Annual Report for Fiscal 2008

On November 17, 2008, the USPTO issued its Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2008 (downloadable here). The Report states that "For the third year in a row, Trademarks has met and exceeded all of its agency performance goals." (p. 5)The accompanying press release provides the following summary of the Trademark operation:Trademarks ended its year with first action pendency at three months. Trademarks has maintained its first action pendency within the 2.5 to 3.5 month range for more than 18 months, a historic first. Disposal pendency was also maintained at record low levels, ending the year with 11.8 months pendency for cases without inter partes or suspended cases and at 13.9 months for all disposals. This disposal pendency is the lowest in 20 years...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on January 12, 2009 (boomark / email).