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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'''

*"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.

==Sources & Links==

*[http://patentlyo.com/patent/2015/10/patent-application-filings.html Patentlyo FY2015 Filings Article]
*[http://www.uspto.gov/dashboards/patents/main.dashxml USPTO Data Visualization Center]
*[http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/st_co_14.htm FY2014 USPTO Report (Provides More Detail than FY2015 Data)]
*[http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/us_stat.htm FY2014 USPTO Patent Statistics]
*[https://law.lexmachina.com/cases/?case_types-include=27&filed_on-from=2015-01-01&filed_on-to=2015-12-31&filters=true&view=analytics&tab=summary&cols=475 LexMachina FY2015 Patent Case Filings]
*[http://www.txed.uscourts.gov/ US District Court - Eastern District of Texas]
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