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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Article III court → federal appellate court → specialized court →
abbreviation	Fed. Cir. →
alsoKnownAs	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 →
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	United States federal court system → judicial branch of the United States →
precededBy	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 (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
CAVC → United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims → United States Court of Federal Claims → United States Court of International Trade → United States Court of International Trade → United States Customs Court →	appealsTo
Patent Trial and Appeal Board → Trademark Trial and Appeal Board →	appealTo
Howard T. Markey National Courts Building ("United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit judges") → Title 19 of the United States Code ("U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit") →	usedBy
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Fed. Cir.") →	abbreviation
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") →	alsoKnownAs
United States Court of Federal Claims →	appellateCourt
Federal Reporter →	coversCourt
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 →	created
Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims →	decisionAppealableTo
Merit Systems Protection Board →	decisionsReviewableBy
United States courts of appeals →	hasSpecializedCourt
Howard T. Markey National Courts Building →	housesCourt
United States courts of appeals →	includes
federal judiciary of the United States →	includesCourt
Tucker Act jurisdiction →	interpretedBy
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals →	mergedInto
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 →	relatedTo
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals →	successor