USPTO/552 PTAB Pro Bono Survey

USPTO/552 (PTAB Pro Bono Survey) OMB Control No. 0651-0082

Expires: XX/XX/XXXX

Draft Quarterly Metrics Reporting Questionnaire

Name of Person Reporting Metrics

Email of Person Reporting Metrics

1. What is the name of your pro bono program (“program”)?

2. Reporting Year

3. Reporting Quarter

4. Number of inventor inquiries into your program this quarter?

5. Number of applicants that applied to your program this quarter (applicants that submit a client intake form/application)?

   1. Of the applicants that applied to your program, provide a breakdown of applicants by gender, ethnicity, race, and/or veteran status according to the groups identified in the table below.

6. Breakdown of applicants applying from each U.S. State [e.g. CA = 35; NV = 6; HI = 2]

7. Number of applicants that applied to your program this quarter from the Patent Pro Bono Program?

8. Number of applicants approved for placement during this quarter?

9. Number of applicants placed with an attorney/agent this quarter?

   1. Of the applicants placed with and attorney/agent this quarter, provide a breakdown of applicants by gender, ethnicity, race, and/or veteran status according to the groups identified in the table below.

10. Cumulative Backlog [total number of applicants approved for placement but not matched with an attorney/agent for legal services as of the end of this quarter]

11. Total number of attorneys agreeing to accept cases as of the last day of this quarter?

12. Estimated number of hours donated by volunteers serving in your program this quarter?

13. Number of Notice of Appeals filed through the program this quarter?

14. Number of cases resolved to a final resolution at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) (i.e., an ex parte appeal decision, the filing of an RCE, a decision on institution, a final written decision, settlement, or other termination)?

    1. Of the cases resolved to a final resolution at the PTAB, provide a breakdown of the applicants by gender, ethnicity, race, and/or veteran status according to the groups identified in the table below.

    2. Of the cases resolved to a final resolution at the PTAB, provide a breakdown of the number of examiner affirmances, examiner affirmances-in-part, examiner reversals, and new grounds of rejection (if applicable).

    3. Of the cases resolved to a final resolution at the PTAB, provide a breakdown of the type of decisions rendered (i.e., an ex parte appeal decision, the filing of an RCE, a decision on institution, a final written decision, settlement, or other termination)

Requested demographic information of applicants that apply to the PTAB Pro Bono Program, applicants that are placed with a practitioner, and applicants that receive a final resolution.

	PTAB Pro Bono Applicants	PTAB Pro Bono Applicants Matched	Pro Bono Applicants that Receive a Final Resolution
Sex
A. Male
B. Female
C. Did not specify
Ethnicity
D. Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin
E. Did not specify
Race
F. African American/Black
G. White
H. American Indian or Alaska Native
I. Asian, Pacific Islander, or Native Hawaiian
J. Two or more races
K. Did not specify
Other
L. Veterans

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