1. For clarity through this chapter, the capitalized term “State” refers specifically to one of the fifty States of the United States, rather than a generic nation-state.
2. Later, in 1975, the US Patent Office became the US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”).
3. Pub.L. No. 914, 70th Cong. (March 2, 1929).
4. The CAFC was given jurisdiction over several topics: substantive patent law (whether arising in the district courts or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”)), appeals from the U.S. Court of Claims, the U.S. Court of Veterans Claims, and the U.S. Court of International Trade.
5. P.L. 112-29.