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title: "Analytics Filter Descriptions"
description: "Definitions for filters used throughout Docket Navigator analytics tools."
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import { Card, CardGrid } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';
Shared filters
Include, exclude, or isolate ANDA cases.
When graphing recent data, use this feature to toggle between actual data for the year to date and estimated totals for the year.
Toggle between searchable lists of Judges and Courts, and select specific judges or courts to compare their results.
Use the Totals and Percentages buttons to select whether to view results as parts to a whole or as total volume.
Limit data to results involving substantive reasoning and analysis of a selected procedural or substantive legal concept (ex. Contributory Infringement, Fair Use, Capacity to Sue or be Sued).
Limit results to those associated with a selected firm. Use the drop-down arrow to browse other available firm filters.
Generate results involving a specific attorney. Use the drop-down arrow to view more attorney search options and filter results.
Narrow to results involving a particular party. Use the checkbox to the right of a party to include the party’s affiliates. Use the drop-down arrow to browse other party filter options.
By default, results include all data from January 1, 2008 to present. Input a new date range or select one of the Autofill options to limit the dates.
Narrow to results associated with the selected court. Use the drop-down arrow to limit to results associated with selected courts or lower courts.
View only decisions of the selected document types. Use Posture of Motion, Type of Document, Result of Motion, and Legal Issue filters to specify the document type to filter by.
Limit results to those associated with documents filed within a selected date range. Input a new date range or select one of the Autofill options to limit the dates.
Limit to results associated with a particular judge. Use the drop-down arrow to modify the judge filter and expand or narrow results.
Filter by a procedural status or process in effect when the motion was presented (ex. Motion by a Party, Sua Sponte, Motion to Vacate).
Filter results by their association with cases of a specified age. Use the drop-down arrow to narrow the filter to case age from first filing.
Filter by results involving a selected type of document (ex. Motion to Intervene, Motion to Lift Stay, PTAB Motion to Seal).
Generate a list of results affiliated with the selected cases. Use the drop-down arrow to switch between case numbers and appeal case numbers.
Limit to results associated with cases terminated within a selected date range. Input a new date range or select one of the Autofill options to limit the dates.
Limit to results associated with active or terminated cases.
Filter by cases with annotated documents filed within the selected case age range.
Filter by the result of a motion (ex. Granted, Denied, Ruling Deferred).
Patent Library
Select from the drop-down menu or begin typing to filter by specific patent technologies (ex. 1620 Organic Chemistry for all 1621-1629 or select just a daughter node like 1628).
Select a patent type from the drop-down menu to filter to results associated with that type of patent (ex. Utility, Design, Plant).
Limit data to cases with a specified outcome (ex. Settled, Pending, Patentee Won). Use the drop-down arrow and select to filter results by which party or firm had the specified outcome.
Search for results with a selected determination (ex. Infringed, Invalid, Damages Recoverable).
Limit results to cases in which a selected remedy was awarded (ex. TRO, Expenses, Damages).
Filter results by a selected type of case (ex. Cases with Non-ANDA Pleadings, PTAB Inter Partes Review Cases)
Search and select a patent to limit to results involving that patent.
Limit data to cases with a specified outcome (ex. Patentee won, ITC settlement).
Generate a list of documents with your selected appeal status (ex. Appeal Currently Pending, Has Appeal Outcome).
Filter by documents with your selected appeal results (ex. Mandamus Denied, Vacated, all Appellant Win results). Use the drop-down arrow to choose whether to filter by all-time appeal results or only a decision’s latest appeal result.
Copyright Library
Limit to cases involving a specific Copyrighted work by inputting the Registration Number or Title/Description of the work. Use the drop-down arrow to narrow the results to cases involving only registered or unregistered copyrighted works.
Filter cases by the type of claim they involve, like a DMCA Violation, Infringement, Infringement via BitTorrent, or a VARA Violation.
Trademark Library
Limit to cases involving a specific trademark by inputting the Registration Number, Serial Number, or Title/Description of the Trademark. Use the drop-down arrow to narrow the results to cases involving only registered or unregistered Trademarks.
Filter cases by the type of claim they involve, like False Advertising, Infringement, or Dilution.
Filter charts by PTAB, ITC, and U.S. District Court activity. Select more than one to compare the forums, or select a specific district court to toggle off the PTAB and ITC activity.
Type and select a district court to view that court’s litigation activity, or select multiple district courts to view those courts’ aggregated litigation activity.
Drag and drop the end points of the timeline to limit the data to cases filed within selected years.
Filter by a procedural status or process in effect when the motion was presented. (Ex. Motion by a Party, Sua Sponte, Motion to Vacate)
Filter by results involving a selected type of document (ex. Motion to Intervene, Motion to Lift Stay, PTAB Motion to Seal).
Modify the date-range filter from the default using the drop-down calendar.
Opt to include, exclude, or isolate proceedings involving Highly Assertive Entities (HAEs).
Click on the labels in a chart’s legend to include and exclude data from the chart.
Find experts retained by a specific party. This filter will show you all experts a party has retained when the party was a patentee and when it was a patent challenger.
Jump to a specific expert’s rank on the patentee or patent challenger expert lists. See how an expert compares to others in certain patent areas and overall.
Show experts who submitted declarations on behalf of patentees or on behalf of patent challengers.
By default, Expert Rankings are based on all data from September 16, 2012 to present. Select dates in the drop-down menu to filter the ranking data by a specific timeframe.
Rank experts in a specific technology center. Select from the drop-down menu or begin typing to search for a specific technology (ex. 1620 Organic Chemistry, 2420 Cable and Television).
Use the Number of Cases and Win Rate buttons to rank experts by the number of cases in which the expert was retained or by the percentage of cases the expert’s retaining party won.
By default, results include all data from January 1, 2008 to present. Input a new date range to limit the dates.
Exclude a date range to account for events that may temporarily alter trial schedules, such as a natural disaster or a pandemic.
Include results of factual and legal conclusions issued by a judge, jury verdicts, or both.
Include cases with certain numbers of accusations. Small cases have four or fewer, Medium cases have five to nine, and Large cases have ten or more accusations.
Choose whether to include outliers and cases with transfers, stays, or consolidation in the results.
Once on the timeline page, choose whether to view the timelines from the day of complaint filing or arranged by calendar date.
View only decisions in cases with the selected document types. Use Posture of Motion, Type of Document, Result of Motion, and Legal Issue filters to specify the document type to filter by.
View only decisions in cases with the selected current case age.
Filter results by those associated with documents that have specific text. Include a citation by selecting the “add citation” option in the upper right corner of the “text” filter. Input the article, rule, or section number you want to filter by. Toggle between natural and Boolean search types using the buttons underneath the text box, and use the guide link to view a list of Boolean operators.