C.C.P.A.

E348187

Article I tribunal federal court of the United States specialized court

C.C.P.A. refers to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, a former federal appellate court that specialized in customs and patent law cases.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
C.C.P.A. canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3343919 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: C.C.P.A.
Context triple: [United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, shortName, C.C.P.A.]

A. CCPA
CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) is a California state law that grants consumers enhanced rights over their personal data and imposes transparency and data-handling obligations on businesses.
B. CPC
CPC is the abbreviated name for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, a major annual gathering of parliamentarians from Commonwealth countries to discuss governance and legislative issues.
C. CPC
CPC is the abbreviation for the Permanent Consultation Committee of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, a key body that supports coordination and decision-making among its member states.
D. CPC
CPC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Communist Party of Canada, a Marxist–Leninist political party in Canada.
E. CPC
CPC is the commonly used English abbreviation for the Chinese Communist Party, the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: C.C.P.A.
Target entity description: C.C.P.A. refers to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, a former federal appellate court that specialized in customs and patent law cases.

A. CCPA
CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) is a California state law that grants consumers enhanced rights over their personal data and imposes transparency and data-handling obligations on businesses.
B. CPC
CPC is the abbreviation for the Permanent Consultation Committee of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, a key body that supports coordination and decision-making among its member states.
C. CPC
CPC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Communist Party of Canada, a Marxist–Leninist political party in Canada.
D. CPC
CPC is the abbreviated name for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, a major annual gathering of parliamentarians from Commonwealth countries to discuss governance and legislative issues.
E. CPC
CPC is the commonly used English abbreviation for the Chinese Communist Party, the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Article I tribunal ⓘ federal court of the United States ⓘ specialized court ⓘ
abbreviation	C.C.P.A. self-linksurface differs ⓘ CCPA ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	C.C.P.A. ⓘ CCPA ⓘ
appealFrom	Patent Trial and Appeal Board ⓘ surface form: Patent Office Board of Appeals United States Customs Court ⓘ United States Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ surface form: United States Patent Office
appealTo	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
authority	United States Congress ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
dissolutionDate	1982 ⓘ October 1, 1982 ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 ⓘ
field	intellectual property law ⓘ international trade law ⓘ
hadJudgesAppointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	customs law ⓘ federal law of the United States ⓘ patent law ⓘ
level	intermediate appellate court ⓘ
locatedIn	District of Columbia ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mergedInto	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
nameChange	renamed to United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ
nameChangeDate	1929 ⓘ
notableArea	patent validity appeals ⓘ tariff classification disputes ⓘ
originalName	United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ surface form: United States Court of Customs Appeals
predecessor	Board of General Appraisers ⓘ United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ surface form: United States Court of Customs Appeals
reasonForAbolition	creation of a unified federal appellate court for patent and certain claims cases ⓘ
replacedBy	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
reviewStandard	review of administrative agency decisions ⓘ review of questions of law ⓘ
seat	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
subjectMatter	appeals from the United States Customs Court ⓘ appeals from the United States Patent Office ⓘ appeals in customs cases ⓘ appeals in patent cases ⓘ
successor	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
typeOfCases	administrative appeals ⓘ civil cases ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals → shortName → C.C.P.A. ⓘ

C.C.P.A. → abbreviation → C.C.P.A. self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

C.C.P.A. → alsoKnownAs → C.C.P.A. ⓘ