United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

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federal court of the United States specialized appellate court

The United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals was a specialized federal appellate court that primarily heard appeals in customs and patent cases before its functions were transferred to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
United States Court of Customs Appeals 3
appellate division of the United States Court of Claims 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal court of the United States ⓘ
specialized appellate court ⓘ
abolishedInYear 1982 ⓘ
appealLevel intermediate appellate court ⓘ
appealsTo Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
courtType Article I tribunal ⓘ
createdBy United States Congress ⓘ
dissolutionReason consolidation of federal appellate jurisdiction over patents and customs ⓘ
establishedInYear 1909 ⓘ
function provide nationwide uniformity in customs law ⓘ
provide nationwide uniformity in patent law ⓘ
review decisions in customs matters ⓘ
review decisions in patent matters ⓘ
heardAppealsFrom United States Customs Court ⓘ
United States Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ
surface form: United States Patent Office

United States Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfOperation early 20th century ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
mid 20th century ⓘ
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mergedInto United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
notableJudge Byron B. D. Owen ⓘ
Donald E. Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eugene Worley ⓘ
Giles S. Rich ⓘ
Howard T. Markey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jack R. Miller ⓘ
Oscar E. Teagarden NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfJudgesAuthorized 5 ⓘ
originalName United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Court of Customs Appeals
predecessor Board of General Appraisers ⓘ
primaryJurisdiction customs cases ⓘ
patent cases ⓘ
renamedFrom United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Court of Customs Appeals
renamedInYear 1929 ⓘ
reorganizedFrom United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Court of Customs Appeals
seat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
shortName C.C.P.A. ⓘ
CCPA ⓘ
subjectMatterSpecialization intellectual property ⓘ
international trade ⓘ
patentability determinations ⓘ
tariff classification ⓘ
successor United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
terminatedBy Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 → affectedCourt → United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ
United States Customs Court → appealsTo → United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 → consolidatedAppellateFunctionsFrom → United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 → createdSuccessorCourtTo → United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 → createdSuccessorCourtTo → United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ
this entity surface form: appellate division of the United States Court of Claims
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals → originalName → United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Court of Customs Appeals
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit → precededBy → United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ
Customs Courts Act of 1980 → relatedTo → United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 → relatedTo → United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals → renamedFrom → United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Court of Customs Appeals
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals → reorganizedFrom → United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Court of Customs Appeals