Quoting from CHISUM ON PATENTS regarding the creation of the CAFC:
Chisum on Patents @ G1
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT. --The C.A.F.C. was created
on October 1, 1982 by the merger of two existing Article III courts--the
Court of Claims and the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. The
C.A.F.C. has exclusive
appellate jurisdiction over most cases involving patent issues,
including (1) decisions by the Board of Appeals of the Patent and
Trademark Office; (2) decisions by District Courts in infringement and
other patent suits; (3) decisions by the United States Claims Court
(including reasonable compensation suits against the United States for
use of a patent invention); and (4) determinations of the United States
International Trade Commission.
COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS--Until October 1, 1982, the
C.C.P.A. had jurisdiction over appeals (1) by applicants from adverse
decisions by the Board of Appeals or Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
and (2) by parties in inter partes cases from adverse decisions by the
Board of Patent Interferences or Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. ln
the latter instance, any adverse party
could by prompt election cause dismissal of the appeal, thereby
requiring the appellant to file a civil review action in a District
Court. The C.C.P.A. also reviewed decisions to exclude infringing
products from importation by the United States International Trade
Commission. The C.C.P.A. was a court under Article III of the United
States Constitution whose judges could be temporarily assigned
to sit on other such courts. Its decisions were reviewable by the
Supreme Court ..."
Roy Zimmermann
Patent Information Specialist
612-514-3304
roy.zimmermann@medtronic.com
rzimmerma@aol.com
>>> "Bill Murray" <billmurray2@hotmail.com> 01/18/00 08:41AM >>>
note: I am submitting this again since the first time I forwarded this
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of
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Sysop
Non-member submission from [juliac@okstate.edu]
List:
I am having trouble locating a date on a event that occured in the
mid-80s
...
It is argued that the patent system became stronger, as some medium of
consistency was imposed on the judicial system, when the Court of
Appeals
for the Federal Circuit began hearing patent appeals. The date that
is in
my mind is mid-eighties, but I would love a definitive answer, and
maybe
even a citation :)
Any help or recollections will be appreciated.
Julia Crawford, M.L.I.S.
Assistant Professor
Patent & Trademark Librarian
206 CITD, OSU
Stillwater OK 74078-8085
(405)744-7086 voice (405)744-7083 fax
juliac@okstate.edu
http://www.library.okstate.edu/dept/patents
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