Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Case Law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was created in 1982 by merging the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals with the U.S. Court of Claims and is the only federal appellate court to hear patent appeals. The court sits primarily in Washington, DC. and is different from the other U.S. federal appeals courts in that it hears cases based upon subject matter versus those matters brought in a specific geographic location. The decisions of the court, in particular in regard to cases involving patents are unique in that they are binding precedent Decisions of this circuit are only superseded by changes in specific law or from decisions rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The court has jurisdiction over appeals from:
- Article I Tribunals
- Article III Tribunals
- The Congressional Office of Compliance
More information regarding the history of the court and the judges who have served on it can be found at the Federal Circuit Historical Society.
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Recent Decisions From the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Date: May 7, 2025
Docket Number: 23-1300
Justia Opinion Summary: Incyte Corporation appealed a post-grant review (PGR) final written decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) which held that Incyte failed to prove claims 1–7 and 9–21 of U.S. Patent No. 10,561,659 were…
Date: May 7, 2025
Docket Number: 23-1367
Justia Opinion Summary: Ingenico Inc. filed a declaratory judgment action against IOENGINE, LLC, in the District of Delaware, asserting that IOENGINE's patents were invalid. The patents in question, U.S. Patent No. 9,059,969 and U.S. Patent No.…
Date: May 7, 2025
Docket Number: 23-1527
Justia Opinion Summary: Thomas D. Foster, APC (Foster) sought to register the trademark "US SPACE FORCE" for various goods and services. The application was filed on March 19, 2018, shortly after President Donald J. Trump announced the creation…
Date: May 7, 2025
Docket Number: 25-1162
Justia Opinion Summary: Incyte Corporation and Incyte Holdings Corporation (collectively, Incyte) own U.S. Patent No. 9,662,335, which claims deuterated versions of ruxolitinib, a Janus kinase (JAK) modulator used to treat autoimmune disorders.…
Date: May 6, 2025
Docket Number: 23-1437
Justia Opinion Summary: Miodrag Kostic and Guy Vandevelde, owners and listed inventors of U.S. Patent No. 8,494,950, appealed a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that sustained the examiner’s rejection of claim 3 of their…
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