The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) provides greater uniformity in the application of patent laws by exercising exclusive appellate jurisdiction over all cases involving issues of patent law. The published decisions of the CAFC are therefore the controlling precedent on patent issues and are a principal source for analyzing patent law developments in the U.S.The 2007 Federal Circuit Yearbook is the easy, effective, and economical way for you to keep pace with all patent decisions published by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit during the past year.