Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Practice and Procedure

 Chapter 1 Introduction to the Federal Circuit 

 
 Chapter 2 Procedures in the Patent and Trademark Office 

 
 Chapter 3 Preliminary Procedure in the Federal Circuit 

 
 Chapter 4 Briefs 

 
 Chapter 5 Oral Argument and Submission on Briefs 

 
 Chapter 6 Decision 

 
 Chapter 7 Procedures Applicable Only to Inter Partes Appeals from the PTO 

 
 Chapter 8 Motions Practice 

 
 Chapter 9 Petitions for Extraordinary Writs 

 
 Chapter 10 Miscellaneous Matters 

 
 Chapter 11 Appeals from District Courts 

 
 Chapter 12 Appeals from the International Trade Commission 

 
 Chapter 13 Appeals from the Court of Federal Claims 

 
 Appendix A. Rules of Practice United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 

 
 Appendix A1. Index To Federal Circuit Rules 

 
 Appendix A2. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 

 
 Appendix A3. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Rules for Judicial Conduct and Judicial Disability Proceedings April 10, 2008 

 
 Appendix A4. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Appellate Mediation Guidelines 

 
 Appendix B. Federal Circuit Attorney Discipline Rules 

 
 Appendix C. A Judge Comments on Effective Advocacy 

 
 Appendix C1. A Judicial Perspective On Appellate Argument: The John W. Davis Decalogue Revisited 

 
 Appendix D. Public Law 97-164 

 
 Appendix E. House Report on Federal Courts Improvement Act Leading to Establishment of Federal Circuit 

 
 Appendix F. Senate Report on Federal Courts Improvement Act Leading to Establishment of Federal Circuit 

 
 Appendix G. Words to the Wise Advocate: Effective Appellate Advocacy Before the Federal Circuit: A Former Law Clerk's Perspective 

 
 Table of Cases 

 
 Table of Forms 

 
 Index