96 STAT. 36
PUBLIC LAW 97-164—APR. 2, 1982 (2) The chapter heading of chapter 51 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out "COURT OF CLAIMS" and inserting in lieu thereof "UNITED STATES CLAIMS COURT". ABOLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS
Repeal. 28 USC 831 et seq.
SEC. 122. (a) Chapter 53 of title 28, United States Code, and the item relating to chapter 53 in the chapter analysis of part III of such title, are repealed. (b) Section 957 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking out "(a)", and (2) by repealing subsection (b). TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REPEAL OP COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS
SEC 123. Sections 1255 and 1256 of title 28, United States Code, and the items relating to sections 1255 and 1256 in the section analysis of chapter 81 of such title, are repealed. COURTS OF APPEALS JURISDICTION
Infra; post, p. 37.
SEC 124. Section 1291 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(other than the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit)" after "courts of appeals"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall be limited to the jurisdiction described in sections 1292(c) and (d) and 1295 of this title.". INTERLOCUTORY DECISIONS
Exclusive jurisdiction.
Post, p. 37.
Ante, p. 28.
SEC 125. (a) Section 1292(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "The courts" and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the courts"; (2) by striking out the semicolon at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and (3) by striking out paragraph (4), (b) Section 1292 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(c) The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction— "(1) of an appeal from an interlocutory order or decree described in subsection (a) of this section in any case over which the court would have jurisdiction of an appeal under section 1295 of this title; and "(2) of an appeal from a judgment in a civil action for patent infringement which would otherwise be appealable to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and is final except for an accounting. "(d)(1) When the chief judge of the Court of International Trade issues an order under the provisions of section 256(b) of this title, or when any judge of the Court of International Trade, in issuing
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