• The court's Case Management Plan applies to all civil cases - other than patent cases (see below) - in all divisions filed on or after November 16, 2001.

• The Case Management Plan (updated March 14, 2012) is available in the following formats:

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          (The requirement for a CMP Summary is no longer necessary and the previous reference thereto has been
           removed.)

• Uniform Patent Case Management Plan (adopted July 1, 2008, updated March 14, 2012).  Note - this version is not to be used in design patent cases or in cases assigned to Chief Judge Richard L. Young (see Track 3 below):

  • Phase I (Pre-Markman Ruling)

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Summary of the general Patent Uniform Case Management Plan

• Phase II (Post-Markman Ruling)

  PDF      MS-Word    

• "Track 3" Uniform Patent Case Management Plan (adopted July 1, 2008, updated March 14, 2012) is for use in design patent cases as well as those cases assigned to Chief Judge Richard L. Young:

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Summary of the Track 3 Uniform Patent Case Management Plan