UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

Salaries and Expenses

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory Discretionary Total

Total Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Appropriation $3,241,000 $34,006,000 $37,247,000

Total Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriation Request $3,356,000 $36,448,000 $39,804,000

Total Requested Increase from Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Appropriation $115,000 $2,442,000 $2,557,000

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

 For salaries of officers and employees, and for necessary expenses of

the court, as authorized by law, [$34,006,000]$36,448,000

 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary under

current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the court.

(H.R 4502 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022) 

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Page Fiscal Year 2023 Resource Requirements:

No. FTE Amount FTE Amount FTE Amount

Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Obligations........................................................................... 12 3,241 140 36,514 152 39,755 

- (2,508) (2,508) 

Fiscal Year 2022 Assumed Appropriation..................................................................... 12 3,241 140 34,006 152 37,247 

Adjustments to Base to Maintain Current Services:

A. Judges

Pay and benefits adjustments

2.11 1. Proposed 2023 pay adjustment (4.1% for nine months).................................................. - 90 - - - 90

2.11 2. Annualization of 2022 pay adjustment (2.2% for three months)......................................... - 19 - - - 19

2.11 3. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits.................................................................................... - 3 - - - 3

b. FICA adjustment.................................................................................... - 3 - - - 3

B. Court Support Personnel

Pay and benefits adjustments

2.12 4. Proposed 2023 pay adjustment (4.6% for nine months).................................................. - - - 591 - 591

2.12 5. Annualization of 2022 pay adjustment (2.7% for three months)......................................... - - - 116 - 116

2.12 - - - 189 - 189

2.12 7. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits......................................................................................... - - - 23 - 23

b. FICA adjustment.................................................................................... - - - 5 - 5

2.13 8. One less compensable day.................................................................................... - - - (77) - (77)

6. Promotions and within-grade increases.......................................................................

Mandatory Discretionary Total

 Utilization of Judiciary Information Technology Fund (including EPA) Balances........................

SUMMARY OF REQUEST

FISCAL YEAR 2023

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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Page

No. FTE Amount FTE Amount FTE Amount

C. Other Adjustments

General Inflationary Adjustments

2.13 - - - 134 - 134

2.13 - - - 141 - 141

2.13 - - - 26 - 26

Subtotal, Adjustments to Base to Maintain Current Services............................................. - 115 - 1,148 - 1,263 

Total Current Services Appropriation Required............................................................... 12 3,356 140 35,154 152 38,510 

D. Program Increases

2.13 - - - 1,294 - 1,294

Total Program Additions Required.............................................................................. - - - 1,294 - 1,294

Total Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriation Required............................................................... 12 3,356 140 36,448 152 39,804 

- 115 - 2,442 - 2,557

Financing the Fiscal Year 2023 Request:

2.15 13. Utilization of Electronic Public Access Receipts and Judiciary Information 

 Technology Fund................................................................................................ - - - 742 - 742

12 3,356 140 37,190 152 40,546 

 Total Appropriation Increase, Fiscal Year 2022 to Fiscal Year 2023..............................

SUMMARY OF REQUEST

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

Discretionary

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9. Inflationary increases in charges for contracts, services, supplies and equipment.....................

11. Law books and computer-assisted legal research (CALR)................................................

FISCAL YEAR 2023

Mandatory Total

Total Estimated Obligations, Fiscal Year 2023...............................................................

12. Replacement of Judges' elevator.............................................................................

10. Increases in GSA space rental costs............................................................................

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FY 2022

FY 2021 Assumed FY 2023

Actual Obligations Request

Total Obligations 35,622 39,755 40,546

Unobligated Balance, Start of Year:

Judiciary Information Technology Fund (3,817) (4,342) (1,887)

Deposits and Other Adjustments:

Prior Year Recoveries Judiciary Information Technology Fund (28)

PACER Receipts (52) (53) (53)

Deposit to Judiciary Information Technology Fund (1,460)

Unobligated Balance, End of Year:

Judiciary Information Technology Fund 4,342 1,887 1,198

Subtotal, Other Obligations (1,015) (2,508) (742)

Direct Obligations 34,607 37,247 39,804

Deposit to Judiciary Information Technology Fund 1,460

Unobligated Balance, End of Year 536

Appropriation Total 36,603 37,247 39,804

Appropriation - Mandatory 3,103 3,241 3,356

Appropriation - Discretionary 33,500 34,006 36,448

FY 2022

FY 2021 Assumed FY 2023

Actual Obligations Request

11 Personnel compensation 17,270 18,974 19,902

12 Personnel benefits 4,353 5,115 5,149

13 Benefits for former personnel 31 71 52

21 Travel 22 50 100

22 Transportation of things 35 37 39

23 Rent, communications and utilities

Rental payments to GSA 6,424 6,606 6,747

Communications utilities & misc. charges 349 215 225

24 Printing and reproduction 9 14 15

25 Other services 5,107 5,637 5,740

26 Supplies and materials 81 107 120

31 Equipment 926 421 1,715

Direct Obligations 34,607 37,247 39,804

Other Obligations (JITF and PACER Obligations) 1,015 2,508 742

Total Obligations 35,622 39,755 40,546

Description

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Obligations by Activity ($000)

Activity

Obligations by Budget Object Class ($000)

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FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 Difference

Actual Estimate Request (+) or (-)

Direct obligations incurred 34,607 37,247 39,804 2,557

Obligated balance, start of year 3,928 4,073 4,610 537

Adjustments of prior year activity 328 0 0 0

Obligated balance, end of year (4,073) (4,610) (4,926) (316)

Total Outlays 34,790 36,710 39,488 2,778

Less Offsets (52) (53) (53) 0

Net Outlays 34,738 36,657 39,435 2,778

FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 Difference

Actual Estimate Request (+) or (-)

Total compensable workyears:

 Full-time equivalent employment 144 152 152 0

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

Salaries & Expenses

Relation of Direct Obligations to Outlays ($000)

Personnel Summary

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No. of Judgeships Compensation and No. of Judgeships Compensation and

Benefits Benefits

($000) ($000)

Article III Judges 12 3,241 12 3,356

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Summary of Mandatory Costs

Fiscal Year 2022 Fiscal Year 2023

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GENERAL STATEMENT AND INFORMATION

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit), located in Washington, DC, has nationwide jurisdiction 

over a large number of diverse subject areas, such as appeals in all patent cases, all government contract cases, all international trade 

cases, government personnel cases, cases involving monetary claims against the United States under the Tucker Acts, veterans’

benefits cases, and many others.

Appeals to the Court come from all 94 federal district courts, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of 

International Trade, and the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The court also takes appeals of certain 

administrative agencies’ decisions, including the United States Merit Systems Protection Board, the Boards of Contract Appeals, the 

Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Decisions of the United States International Trade 

Commission; the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, an independent agency in the Legislative Branch; and the Government

Accountability Office Personnel Appeals Board also are reviewed by the court. For additional information on the Court’s jurisdiction, 

see the appendix beginning on page 2.16. 

Reconstituting Court Operations

Following the closure of the Federal Circuit to the public and the transition to 95 percent of the staff teleworking beginning March 16, 

2020, the Court shifted its operations to a remotely managed virtual environment. From April 2020 through August 2021, the Court 

conducted its monthly court sessions telephonically, hearing a total of 524 cases, including two en banc arguments in which the entire 

Court participates. Notwithstanding restrictions on in-person operations imposed by the ongoing pandemic, the Court ensured 

litigants continued to have full opportunity to present their cases. 

The Court resumed in-person arguments in September 2021, following the reconstitution of on-site work at the courthouse in August 

2021. In order to provide enhanced protection from the COVID-19 virus, the Court purchased and installed clear acrylic barriers for 

each of its three courtrooms as well as air filtration systems. A rigorous COVID-19 mitigation policy was developed for individuals 

entering the courthouse. In addition, the Court implemented protocols to allow counsel to appeal before a panel of judges either in 

person or to request to appear by video. To date, the Court has successfully conducted a limited number of these hybrid-style 

arguments each month, with the majority of arguments occurring in person. Although in-person access to the courthouse remains 

limited, the Court continues to provide livestreamed audio of its arguments to the public. Based on lessons learned during the 
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pandemic, the Court is embarking on a significant upgrade to the aging collection of components and technologies essential to the 

conduct of proceedings in its three courtrooms, which support 60 or more oral arguments per month. 

Security Issues

Improving the physical security posture of federal courthouses is a priority for the entire federal judiciary, and the need to achieve that 

objective at the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (NCB) is particularly acute. Located on Lafayette Square near the White 

House, the civil unrest dominating the national news for most of the summer of 2020, and again in the run up to the 2020 Presidential 

election, took place literally on the Court’s doorsteps. The events in 2020 not only damaged the building, but underscored a unique 

vulnerability resulting simply from the NCB’s proximity to the White House. 

The Federal Circuit depends on contract guards to keep judicial officers, staff, and the public safe and secure. These contract guards 

require consistent oversight by members of the United States Marshals Service (USMS), the federal organization responsible for 

judicial security. Beginning in November 2019, several security vulnerabilities were identified at the NCB. Those vulnerabilities 

included security issues related to contract guard oversight, routine testing of security systems and equipment, and other security 

countermeasures. The issues have since been addressed utilizing a pilot program under which the USMS provides regular security 

oversight and improved collaboration with court staff. The court has executed an inter-agency agreement with the USMS to provide 

for the additional security support of an on-site USMS officer at the NCB starting in FY 2022. The on-site USMS presence will help 

ensure that essential security measures are in place, regularly reviewed, and properly maintained.

Just as the Federal Circuit’s security depends on reliable contract security officers, it also depends on reliable and up-to-date security 

equipment. As part of the nationwide initiative for the USMS to update physical access control systems (PACS) in courthouses, the 

NCB, which houses both the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Court of Federal Claims, 

will undergo a complete overhaul of its security equipment for the first time in more than 20 yearsin FY 2022, subject to the 

availability of funds. Obsolete security equipment within the courthouse complex will be replaced with new and vastly improved 

components and capabilities. 

The PACS project will also improve perimeter security at the NCB complex, including the replacement of wedge barriers to control

access to a loading dock in an alleyway next to the building, enhanced controls to garage entry, and the installation of a sufficient 

number of cameras with pan, tilt, and zoom features that will create overlapping fields of view to eliminate blind spots. Installation of 
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protective vehicle barrier bollards around the northwest corner of the NCB complex, a measure recommended by the Federal 

Protective Service, was completed in November 2021.

Promoting Operational Excellence

The Clerk’s Office of the Federal Circuit strives to be a model organization for the judiciary as well as for federal agencies across the 

country. As a result of new requirements identified during pandemic operations, the Federal Circuit Clerk’s Office focused much of 

the past year on implementing new quality management systems to increase efficiencies and to create a more adaptable operation. 

These efforts were driven by the court’s overall commitment to minimizing the pandemic’s impact on the resolution of its cases, and 

by the end of FY 2021, the court reduced average internal case processing time by 49% and reduced the average time from completion 

of case briefing to calendaring by 58%. Overall, these enhancements contributed to the court reducing the median time to disposition 

of cases on the merits by 14% by the end of FY 2021.

In October 2021, after months of development and testing, the Federal Circuit launched its new public website, providing expanded 

search capabilities for court opinions and orders, court statistics, and audio recordings of oral arguments, as well as including a 

streamlined method for communicating with the court. Case participants and counsel can also access expanded resources and 

information about filing with the court and the different stages of the appellate process. The new website provides audience-specific 

content sections, including new public civic education content and resources as part of the federal judiciary’s ongoing initiative to 

expand public digital civic engagement opportunities.

The Clerk’s Office has resumed efforts to work with judiciary colleagues across the Third Branch to implement programs to enhance 

workforce capabilities, to implement proven quality management systems, and to drive better utilization of available resources. Of 

note, the Clerk’s Office is working with staff at the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to create content for its 

Operational Learning Series to promote the Federal Circuit’s award-winning case management training program. Additionally, the 

Clerk’s Office has already begun partnering with other federal courts to begin piloting similar programs in their courts.
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FISCAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS

In the absence of an enacted FY 2022 appropriation, the judiciary built the FY 2023 budget request for the United States Court 

of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on an FY 2022 assumed appropriation of $34,006,000, which is the current services level. 

For bill language for this account, the judiciary used the relevant language from H.R. 4502, which includes the House-passed version 

of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022, as the closest approximation of eventual enacted FY 

2022 appropriations language, updated with the assumed funding level as described above.

After full year FY 2022 appropriations are enacted, the judiciary will re-estimate its FY 2023 budget request and transmit to the 

Appropriations Committees any changes to FY 2023 appropriation requirements and bill language.
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Justification of Changes

The FY 2023 request for the Court of Appeals for the Federal 

Circuit totals $39,804,000. This request includes $3,356,000

for mandatory expenses and $36,448,000 for discretionary 

expenses. The discretionary request includes $1,148,000 in 

adjustments to base necessary to maintain current services and 

one program increase of $1,294,000 for a total discretionary 

spending increase of $2,442,000. The discretionary request of 

$36,448,000 is a 7.2 percent increase from the FY 2022 

assumed appropriation amount of $34,006,000. 

Adjustments to base to maintain currentservices include funds 

for the following: increased salaries and benefits costs for 

judges and current staff as well as increased costs for required 

routine operating activities such as rent, postage, 

telecommunications, printing, office supplies, security, and 

computer-assisted legal research services. This request

includes one program increase required for the essential 

replacement of one of two courthouse judges’ elevators. 

Justification for this program increase begins on page 2.13. 

ADJUSTMENTS TO BASE TO MAINTAIN CURRENT 

SERVICES

A. JUDGES

1. Proposed 2023 pay adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $90,000

The judiciary is assuming federal pay rates will increase by 4.6

percent for staff and 4.1 percent for judges in January 

2023. The requested increase provides for the cost of nine 

months of the anticipated pay raise in FY 2023, from January 

2023 to September 2023. (If the pay adjustment included in 

the President’s FY 2023 budget request is different from this 

guidance, the judiciary will revise this line item in its FY 2023 

budget re-estimate.)

2. Annualization of 2022 pay adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $19,000

The requested increase provides for the annualized costs of the 

2022 pay adjustment of 2.7 percent for staff and 2.2 percent for 

judges associated with the Employment Cost Index (ECI), 

effective as of January 2022. The requested increase provides 

for the cost of three months (from October 2022 to December 

2022) of the 2022 pay increase in FY 2023. 

3. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits

Mandatory Increase: $3,000

Based on information from the Office of Personnel 

Management, health benefit premium contributions are 

projected to increase by an average of 2.4 percent both in 

January 2022 and January 2023. The requested increase 

annualizes the 2022 premium increase and includes a ninemonth provision for the increase anticipated for FY 2023. 
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b. FICA adjustment

Mandatory Increase: $3,000

Based on information from the Social Security Administration, 

employer contributions to the Old Age, Survivor, and 

Disability Insurance (OASDI) portion of the FICA tax will 

increase in 2022. The salary cap for OASDI increased from 

$142,800 to $147,000 in January 2022. The requested amount 

is needed to pay the court’s contribution in FY 2023. 

B. PERSONNEL

Pay and Benefits Adjustments

4. Proposed 2023 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $591,000

The judiciary is assuming federal pay rates will increase by 4.6

percent in January 2023. The requested increase provides for 

the cost of nine months of the anticipated pay raise in FY 2023, 

from January 2023 to September 2023. (If the pay adjustment 

included in the President’s FY 2023 budget request is different 

from this 4.6 percent guidance, the judiciary will revise this 

line item in its FY 2023 budget re-estimate.)

5. Annualization of 2022 pay adjustment

Requested Increase: $116,000

The requested increase provides for the annualized costs of the 

2022 pay adjustment for Employment Cost Index (ECI) and 

locality pay. As a result of the ECI and locality adjustment, 

federal pay rates increased by an average of 2.7 percent, 

effective as of January 2022. The requested increase provides 

for the cost of three months (from October 2022 to December 

2022) of the 2022 pay increase in FY 2023. 

6. Promotions and within-grade increases

Requested Increase: $189,000

The requested increase provides for promotions and withingrade increases for personnel. The salary plan for judicial 

support personnel provides for periodic within-grade increases 

for staff who receive at least a satisfactory performance rating.

7. Benefits increases

a. Health benefits

Requested Increase: $23,000

Based on information from the Office of Personnel 

Management, health benefit premium contributions are 

projected to increase by an average of 2.4 percent both in 

January 2022 and January 2023. The requested increase 

annualizes the 2022 premium increase and includes a ninemonth provision for the increase anticipated for FY 2023.
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b. FICA adjustment

Requested Increase: $5,000

Based on information from the Social Security Administration, 

employer contributions to the Old Age, Survivor, and 

Disability Insurance (OASDI) portion of the FICA tax will 

increase in 2022. The salary cap for OASDI increased from 

$142,800 to $147,000 in January 2022. The requested amount 

is needed to pay the court’s contribution in FY 2023. 

8. One less compensable day

Requested Decrease: ($77,000) 

There is one less compensable day in FY 2023 than in FY 

2022. The requested decrease adjusts for personnel 

compensation and benefits associated with one less 

compensable day.

C. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS

General Inflationary Adjustments

9. Inflationary increases in charges for contracts, services,

supplies, and equipment

Requested Increase: $134,000

Consistent with guidance from the Office of Management and 

Budget, this request of $134,000 is required to fund 

inflationary increases of 2.0 percent for operating expenses 

such as travel, communications, printing, contractual services, 

supplies and materials, and furniture and equipment.

10. Inflationary increase in GSA space rental costs

Requested Increase: $141,000

This request represents an inflationary increase and 

adjustments in the cost of GSA space rental charges for space 

occupied by the court for FY 2023 based on a rent estimate 

provided by GSA.

11. Law books and computer-assisted legal research

(CALR)

Requested Increase: $26,000

An adjustment of $16,000 is requested to fund an estimated 5.0 

percent increase in the cost of library services, including law 

book accessions and continuations, and an adjustment of 

$10,000 is requested to fund an estimated 4.0 percent increase 

in the cost of computer-assisted legal research resources.

D. PROGRAM INCREASE

12. Replacement of judges’ elevator

Requested Increase: $1,294,000

This $1,294,000 request represents the Federal Circuit’s cost to 

replace one of two non-public elevators used by judges and 

staff in the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building 

(NCB), which houses both the Court of Appeals for the Federal 
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Circuit and the Court of Federal Claims. These two judges’ 

elevators exclusively serve the separate judges’ security 

entrance to the NCB and permit direct access by judges to the 

parking level of the building without public exposure. The 

elevators are essential components of security protocols for the 

judges of both courts.

In FY 2023, GSA will undertake a project to modernize the 

public elevators in the NCB complex which includes the 

Howard T. Markey National Courts Building, the Dolley 

Madison House, the Cosmos Club, and the Tayloe House. 

GSA will fund the replacement of the elevators in public space, 

but the Federal Circuit and the Court of Federal Claims are 

responsible for the replacement costs for the two non-public 

judges’ elevators in tenant space. Each court will be 

responsible for the expense of replacing one non-public 

elevator at the GSA projected cost of $1,294,000 per elevator. 

This is a design-build construction price and includes 

construction management support, GSA overhead, GSA’s 

Reimbursable Work Authorization (RWA) fees, and other 

miscellaneous related expenses.

The elevator in the NCB Library and the one in the Tayloe 

House are both original to the 1960s construction of the court 

complex and recently have been in a persistent state of 

breakdown. In one eight-day period in November 2021 alone, 

for example, there were three separate entrapment episodes in 

the Library elevator and one sudden drop incident, causing the 

Library elevator to be completely taken out of service. 

Continued use of the elevator puts the safety of judges, staff, 

and the public at risk. Taking it out of service renders upper 

levels of the Library totally inaccessible to individuals with 

mobility issues. 

The public and two non-public judges’ elevators located in the 

NCB, on the other hand, were retrofitted in the mid-1990s with 

new cabs and controls. Unfortunately, mechanical parts for the 

retrofitted elevators are no longer made, effectively making all 

the elevators obsolete. If critical mechanical parts should fail, 

continued repairs to the elevator equipment requires finding 

and procuring used parts from other already dismantled 

elevators and hoping that the used parts will not themselves 

fail. 

Furthermore, since the time that the elevators were retrofitted 

in the mid-1990s, there have been tremendous advances in 

elevator technology designed to enhance safety and passenger 

security. New elevators will permit the NCB complex to 

implement those advances.

GSA has assigned priority to its elevator modernization project 

in the NCB complex. It is important that the replacement of 

the non-public judges’ elevator to be updated at Federal Circuit 

expense be included in the project to help ensure the safety of 

the judges and staff using them. 
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FINANCING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 REQUEST

13. Utilization of Electronic Public Access Receipts and

Judiciary Information Technology Fund

Estimated obligation of available balance from Judiciary 

Information Technology Fund and Electronic Public 

Access Receipts: $742,000

The court anticipates obligating $53,000 of Electronic Public 

Access receipts in FY 2023. These funds will be used for 

various expenditures to improve electronic access to court 

information and services for the public.

The court also anticipates obligating $689,000 from the 

Judiciary Information Technology Fund (JITF) in FY 

2023. This amount includes all required cyclical replacement 

of equipment. Cyclical information technology equipment 

replacements scheduled for FY 2023 include the Court’s 

network printers used by chambers and staff and 

telecommunications devices. The five-year cyclical 

replacement of the court’s desktop computers (including a 

combination of desktop towers and Virtual Desktop 

Infrastructure [VDI] clients) will also occur in FY 2023. 

Obligations will also include contract services related to Office 

365 projects for the Clerk’s Office, including Microsoft 

Dynamics. In addition, the JITF will be used for the annual 

renewal of software licenses such as Office 365 and the many 

other software packages integral to Court operations. Finally, 

IT equipment maintenance expenses will be paid using funds 

from the JITF.
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APPENDIX

The following is a more complete listing of the Federal 

Circuit’s jurisdiction. It hears appeals from:

(A) final decisions of all Federal District Courts in cases

arising under 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) relating to patent laws

generally; 35 U.S.C. §§ 145-146 and 154(b) relating to review

of decisions of the Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial

and Appeal Board; 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(2) relating to Little

Tucker Act claims against the United States; and section 211 of

the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, section 5 of the

Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, section 506 (c)

of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, and section 523 of the

Energy Policy and Conservation Act relating to all statutes

formerly under the jurisdiction of the Temporary Emergency

Court of Appeals;

(B) final decisions of the United States Court of International

Trade, 28 U.S.C. § 2645(c);

(C) final decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for

Veterans Claims, 38 U.S.C. § 7292;

(D) final decisions of the United States Court of Federal

Claims, 28 U.S.C. § 2522 and 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa - 12(f);

(E) certain final decisions of the High Court of the Trust

Territory of the Pacific Islands, 48 U.S.C. § 1901, note and

§ 1931, note (1988) (Compact of Free Association; Federated

States of Micronesia, Republic of Marshall Islands, TITLE II,

Title One, Article VII, § 174(c));

(F) final determinations of the United States International

Trade Commission relating to unfair practices in import trade 

made under 19 U.S.C. § 1337; 

(G) findings of the Secretary of Commerce under U.S. note 6

to subchapter X of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States relating to importation of

educational or scientific instruments and apparatus;

(H) final orders or decisions of the Merit Systems Protection

Board and certain arbitrators, 5 U.S.C. § 7703;

(I) final decisions of the General Accounting Office Personnel

Appeals Board, 31 U.S.C. § 755;

(J) final decisions of Boards of Contract Appeals, 41 U.S.C.

§ 7107(a)(1);

(K) final decisions of the Patent and Trademark Office

tribunals on, among other things, patent applications,

trademark applications and interferences, cancellations,

concurrent use proceedings, and oppositions, 35 U.S.C. § 141

and 15 U.S.C. § 1071;

(L) appeals under section 71 of the Plant Variety Protection

Act of 1970, 7 U.S.C. § 2461;

(M) certain actions of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 38

U.S.C. § 502;

(N) decisions of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, 42 U.S.C.

§ 3796c-2;

(O) certain actions of the Board of Directors of the Office of

Congressional Workplace Rights of the U.S. Congress

under 2 U.S.C. § 1407(a); and

(P) final decisions of certain agencies pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1296.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(c), the Federal Circuit also has 

exclusive jurisdiction regarding: 
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a. appealable interlocutory orders or decrees in cases 

where the court would otherwise have jurisdiction over

an appeal; and

b. appeals from judgments in civil actions for patent

infringement otherwise appealable to the court and final

except for accounting.

Under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1292(d), the court: 

a. has exclusive jurisdiction of appeals from interlocutory

orders granting or denying, in whole or in part, a

motion to transfer an action to the Court of Federal

Claims; and

b. may, in its discretion, permit an appeal from an

interlocutory order of a judge who certifies that there is

a controlling question of law and a substantial ground

for difference of opinion thereon, and that an immediate

appeal may materially advance the ultimate termination 

of the litigation.