{"id":1212,"date":"2021-09-15T13:28:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T17:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/?page_id=1212"},"modified":"2022-05-24T16:16:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T20:16:51","slug":"about-the-court","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/the-court\/about-the-court\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1212\" class=\"elementor elementor-1212\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f49fe9d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f49fe9d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-581b1bb\" 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href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/the-court\/about-the-court\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">– About the Court<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1450\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/the-court\/about-the-court\/business-opportunities\/\" class=\"elementor-item\"><p style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">– Business Opportunities<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1451\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/the-court\/about-the-court\/circuit-library\/\" class=\"elementor-item\"><p style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">– Circuit Library<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1452\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/the-court\/about-the-court\/court-jurisdiction\/\" class=\"elementor-item\"><p style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">– Court Jurisdiction<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item 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class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">– Advisory Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1444\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/the-court\/clerks-office\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">– Clerk\u2019s Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1453\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/the-court\/human-resources\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">– Human Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1447\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/the-court\/judges\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">– Judges<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current_page_parent menu-item-1443\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/the-court\/notices-announcements\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">– Notices & Announcements<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1448\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/home\/the-court\/reports-statistics\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">– Reports & Statistics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-215537f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"215537f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-77fd15c\" data-id=\"77fd15c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{"background_background":"classic"}\">\n\t\t\t<div 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The court was formed by the merger of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the appellate division of the U.S. Court of Claims.  The court is located in the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building on historic Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif;\"><br><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-8f4a9a1 ); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 14px; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-text-transform );\">The court’s work begins after the Clerk’s Office dockets a new appeal or petition and assigns a docket number.  The parties to the cases then prepare and file written briefs to present their arguments.  Parties also may submit materials such as transcripts of testimony and other relevant parts of the record made in the lower tribunal from which the appeal originated.  Once all the briefs are filed, the appeal is randomly assigned to a panel comprised of three judges who are also selected randomly for assignment to the panels.  Appeals are then scheduled for oral argument before the court or referred to the panel for consideration solely on the submitted filings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-8f4a9a1 ); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 14px; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-text-transform );\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-8f4a9a1 ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-text-transform );\">Court sessions generally are held during the first week of each month in Washington, D.C.  In most cases, each side is allotted 15 minutes for argument.  During oral argument, counsel for the parties present their arguments and answer questions of the judges concerning the issues presented.  If the court determines that oral argument is unnecessary, the case is decided by a panel of judges based on the arguments presented in the briefs.  In each appeal, the presiding judge of the panel assigns a member of the panel to prepare the court\u2019s opinion.  The opinion sets out the decision of the court and the reasons for the decision.  Parties may seek review of a decision of the Federal Circuit in the Supreme Court of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-8f4a9a1 ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-text-transform );\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-8f4a9a1 ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-text-transform );\">If the panel determines that its decision will add significantly to a body of law, it issues a precedential opinion.\u202f Decisions that do not add significantly to the body of law are issued as nonprecedential.  All opinions are made available to the public and may be obtained from the court’s <\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-text-transform );\" href=\"\/home\/case-information\/opinions-orders\/\">website<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-8f4a9a1 ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-text-transform );\">, the Federal Reporter 3rd Series, <\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-text-transform );\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pacer.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PACER (external)<\/a><span 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