United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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Article III court federal appellate court specialized court

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is a specialized federal appellate court with nationwide jurisdiction over certain subject areas, including patent law, international trade, government contracts, and veterans’ benefits.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit canonical	32
Federal Circuit	3
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit	2
Fed. Cir.	1
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit judges	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Article III court ⓘ federal appellate court ⓘ specialized court ⓘ
abbreviation	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fed. Cir.
alsoKnownAs	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ surface form: Federal Circuit
appealsFrom	Board of Veterans’ Appeals ⓘ International Trade Commission ⓘ Merit Systems Protection Board ⓘ Patent Trial and Appeal Board ⓘ Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ⓘ United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ United States Court of International Trade ⓘ United States district courts in patent cases ⓘ
bindingPrecedentScope	nationwide in its subject-matter areas ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtType	intermediate appellate court ⓘ
createdBy	Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 ⓘ
dateEstablished	1982 ⓘ
effectiveDate	October 1, 1982 ⓘ
governingLaw	Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ
hasNumberOfAuthorizedJudges	12 ⓘ
hasTypeOfJurisdiction	nationwide appellate jurisdiction ⓘ subject-matter jurisdiction ⓘ
jurisdiction	appeals from certain administrative agencies ⓘ appeals from certain decisions of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals ⓘ appeals from certain decisions of the International Trade Commission ⓘ appeals from certain decisions of the Merit Systems Protection Board ⓘ appeals from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ⓘ appeals from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ⓘ appeals from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ⓘ appeals from the United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ appeals from the United States Court of International Trade ⓘ certain money claims against the United States ⓘ federal personnel cases ⓘ government contracts ⓘ international trade ⓘ nationwide ⓘ patent law ⓘ trademark law ⓘ veterans’ benefits ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States federal court system judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
precededBy	United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ surface form: United States Court of Claims (appellate jurisdiction) United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ
reviews	final decisions of certain federal courts and agencies ⓘ
seat	Washington, D.C. ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States courts of appeals → includes → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

United States courts of appeals → hasSpecializedCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

federal judiciary of the United States → includesCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit → abbreviation → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fed. Cir.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit → alsoKnownAs → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

United States Court of International Trade → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

United States Court of Federal Claims → appellateCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Title 19 of the United States Code → usedBy → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals → successor → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals → mergedInto → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Merit Systems Protection Board → decisionsReviewableBy → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 → created → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 → relatedTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Patent Trial and Appeal Board → appealTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board → appealTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Federal Reporter → coversCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

CFC → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Court of Federal Claims

Tucker Act jurisdiction → interpretedBy → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims → decisionAppealableTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

United States Customs Court → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

CIT → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Court of International Trade

CAVC → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Howard T. Markey National Courts Building → housesCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Howard T. Markey National Courts Building → usedBy → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit judges

District of Columbia federal judicial circuit → distinctFrom → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Circuit

United States customs statutes → interpretedBy → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

C.C.P.A. → replacedBy → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

C.C.P.A. → mergedInto → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

C.C.P.A. → successor → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Giles S. Rich → employer → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Jack R. Miller → memberOf → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Vaccine Court → furtherAppealTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. → lowerCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

Judicial branch of the United States government → hasComponent → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

VJRA → relatedTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

subject surface form: Veterans' Judicial Review Act

U.S. federal courts → hasSpecializedCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

U.S. federal courts → includes → United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Circuit