On October 3, 2005, the court initiated an Appellate Mediation Program. The program is authorized by an en banc order, revised on September 18, 2006, and is operated in accordance with the Guidelines, last revised on May 1, 2008. The court has approved a list of individuals to serve as mediators. In addition to the documents already mentioned, the following forms can be printed or completed on-line:
Statistics from the Circuit Mediation Office: Table of activities of the Circuit Mediation Office including number of appeals brought into mediation, numbers of appeals settled, both patent and non-patent, and success rate. Table, 2007, Table, First Quarter, 2008; Table, Second Quarter, 2008.
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