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BPAI Backlog

By Dennis Crouch, Esq.

In January 2009, I reported on a dramatic rise of BPAI Appeals and the associated backlog. Since then, the backlog has almost doubled to over 10,000 pending appeals. This is the largest backlog on record and tends to explain why the Board is attempting to implement procedures to streamline the process. At the Board's average rate of 500 disposals per month, the backlog would take over 20 months to eliminate. However, that result requires the counterfactual assumption that no additional appeals w read more

Full post as published by Patently Obvious on June 11, 2009 (boomark / email).