United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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The United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals was a specialized federal appellate court that primarily heard appeals in customs and patent cases before its functions were transferred to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T561373 — 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: United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, precededBy, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals]
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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is a specialized federal appellate court with nationwide jurisdiction over certain subject areas, including patent law, international trade, government contracts, and veterans’ benefits.
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency responsible for granting patents, registering trademarks, and overseeing key aspects of intellectual property protection in the United States.
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C.
United States Court of International Trade
The United States Court of International Trade is a specialized federal court that handles cases involving international trade and customs laws.
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D.
United States Court of Federal Claims
The United States Court of Federal Claims is a specialized federal trial court that hears monetary claims for damages against the U.S. government, including contract disputes, tax refunds, and takings cases.
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Intellectual Property High Court
The Intellectual Property High Court is a specialized Japanese appellate court that handles patent, trademark, and other intellectual property disputes.
- 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: United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Target entity description: The United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals was a specialized federal appellate court that primarily heard appeals in customs and patent cases before its functions were transferred to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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A.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is a specialized federal appellate court with nationwide jurisdiction over certain subject areas, including patent law, international trade, government contracts, and veterans’ benefits.
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B.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency responsible for granting patents, registering trademarks, and overseeing key aspects of intellectual property protection in the United States.
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C.
United States Court of International Trade
The United States Court of International Trade is a specialized federal court that handles cases involving international trade and customs laws.
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D.
United States Court of Federal Claims
The United States Court of Federal Claims is a specialized federal trial court that hears monetary claims for damages against the U.S. government, including contract disputes, tax refunds, and takings cases.
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E.
Intellectual Property High Court
The Intellectual Property High Court is a specialized Japanese appellate court that handles patent, trademark, and other intellectual property disputes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Description of subject: The United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals was a specialized federal appellate court that primarily heard appeals in customs and patent cases before its functions were transferred to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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precededBy
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United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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reorganizedFrom
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United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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this entity surface form:
United States Court of Customs Appeals
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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originalName
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United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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this entity surface form:
United States Court of Customs Appeals
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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renamedFrom
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United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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this entity surface form:
United States Court of Customs Appeals
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982
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consolidatedAppellateFunctionsFrom
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United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982
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affectedCourt
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United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982
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createdSuccessorCourtTo
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United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982
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createdSuccessorCourtTo
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United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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this entity surface form:
appellate division of the United States Court of Claims
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982
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relatedTo
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United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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subject surface form:
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
this entity surface form:
United States Court of Customs Appeals
subject surface form:
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
this entity surface form:
United States Court of Customs Appeals
this entity surface form:
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
subject surface form:
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
this entity surface form:
United States patent appeals