In 1909, Congress created the U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, with five authorized judgeships, to hear appeals from the Board of General Appraisers (later the U.S. Customs Court). In 1929 the court was renamed the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, in 1958 Congress declared it to be a court established under Article III of the Constitution, and in 1980 it began to hear appeals from the U.S. Court of International Trade when that court replaced the U.S. Customs Court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, upon its creation in 1982, absorbed the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

See also:

U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals: Judges