USPTO releases 2008 annual reportNovember 17, 2008 The USPTO today released its annual report for fiscal year 2008 (press release here), which ended September 30. Below is a comparison of a few key statistics with the 2007 stats: 2007 2008 change Average months to first action (patent) 25.3 25.6 +.3 Average months total pendency (patent) 31.9 32.2 +.3 Percent of applications filed electronically (patent) 49.3% 72.1% +22.8% Average months to first action (trademark) 2.9 3.0 +.1 Average months total pendency (trademark) 15.1 13.9 -1.2 Percent of applications filed electronically (trademark) 95.4% 96.9% +1.5% A total of 496,762 patent applications were filed in 2008 (plus 143,030 provisional applications). Of those, 1,765 (0.36%) were filed under the USPTO's accelerated examination program. To read the full report, click here. ← Return to Filewrapper