Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

28 U.S.C. § 1541 to 1546

Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 134, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 41]

June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 942Pub. L. 91–271, title I, § 10284 Stat. 274Pub. L. 96–39, title X, § 1001(b)(4)(A)93 Stat. 305Pub. L. 96–417, title IV, § 401(a)94 Stat. 1740section 1295(a)(5) of this titleSection 1541, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , title V, § 501(23), (24), , 1742, gave the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals exclusive jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the Court of International Trade and from interlocutory orders of the Court of International Trade granting, continuing, modifying, refusing, or dissolving injunctions, or refusing to dissolve or modify injunctions, and with discretion to entertain appeals from certain orders of the Court of International Trade. See .

June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 942May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 89(b)63 Stat. 102section 63 of Title 35section 1071 of Title 15section 1295(a)(4) of this titleSection 1542, acts , ; , , gave the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals jurisdiction of appeals from decisions of the Board of Appeals and the Board of Interference Examiners of the Patent Office as to patent applications and interferences, at the instance of an applicant for a patent or any party to a patent interference, with such appeal by an applicant to waive his right to proceed under , and the Commissioner of Patents as to trademark applications and proceedings as provided in . See .

June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 943Pub. L. 96–417, title IV, § 401(b)(1)94 Stat. 1740section 1295(a)(6) of this titleSection 1543, acts , ; , , , gave the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals jurisdiction to review final determinations of the United States International Trade Commission made under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 relating to unfair trade practices in import trade. See .

Pub. L. 89–651, § 8(c)(1)80 Stat. 901section 1295(a)(7) of this titleSection 1544, added , , , gave the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals jurisdiction to review, by appeal on questions of law only, findings of the Secretary of Commerce under headnote 6 to schedule 8, part 4, of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (relating to importation of instruments or apparatus). See .

Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 143(a)84 Stat. 1558section 2461 of Title 7section 1295(a)(8) of this titleSection 1545, added , , , gave the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals nonexclusive jurisdiction of appeals under section 71 of the Plant Variety Protection Act, classified to , Agriculture. See .

Pub. L. 96–417, title IV, § 402(a)94 Stat. 1740Section 1546, added , , , gave the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals all of the powers in law and in equity of, or conferred by statute upon, a court of appeals of the United States.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of Repeal

section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164section 171 of this titleRepeal effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1982 Amendment note under .