(5) Change of Name or Contact Information.

Filers must immediately submit an amended appearance under Federal Circuit Rule 47.3 to notify the clerk of court of a change of name or contact information, including an email address for electronic service. Electronic filers must also update their information in the court’s electronic filing system. Failure to maintain current contact information with the clerk of court may result in the suspension of electronic filing privileges or missed notifications. (b) Case-Initiating Documents.

Documents such as appeals filed directly with this court, petitions for review, petitions for writs of mandamus, petitions for permission to appeal, and motions for stays or injunctions under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 8 or 18 are considered case-initiating documents if the appeal or petition has not been docketed. (1) Electronic Submissions. A case-initiating document is considered filed at the time and date registered by the court’s electronic filing system. No paper copy is required.

Parties represented by a member of the bar of this court must submit case-initiating documents electronically. (2) Nonelectronic Submissions. Unrepresented parties or parties represented at the lower tribunal by counsel who are not members of the bar of this court may choose to submit case-initiating documents in paper. Only one paper copy is required of any case-initiating document submitted in paper.

Once the notice of docketing is issued, an unrepresented party must follow Federal Circuit Rule 25(a)(1). (c) All Other Documents. (1) Submissions by Electronic Filers. A document submitted electronically is deemed filed on the date and time stated on the Notice of Docket Activity generated from the court’s electronic filing system.

Paper copies must not be provided to the court except to the extent required by Federal Circuit Rule 25(c)(3) or as ordered by the court. Federal Circuit Rules of Practice (December 1, 2025) FEDERAL CIRCUIT RULE 25 (A) Motion for Exemption. (Return to Table of Contents) for exemption from electronic A motion filing requirements may be submitted in paper form. Upon a showing of good cause, the court may exempt a filer from electronic filing requirements and authorize filing by other means.

Items That Cannot Be Filed Electronically. (B) Exhibits, attachments, or appendices that cannot be submitted electronically due to their format - such as those which are illegible when scanned, or which, because of their odd shape, are unable to be scanned, or physical exhibits other than documents, - may be filed in physical form without leave of court. The party must file electronically a Notice of Physical Filing and submit the original exhibit, attachment, or appendix in physical form to the clerk of court within five (5) business days after filing the notice. For electronic appendix material that is unable to be reproduced in paper, Federal Circuit Rule 30(i) applies, and a separate Notice of Physical Filing is not required.

(C) Technical or System Failures. An electronic filer whose filing is untimely as the result of a technical or system failure may file a motion for leave to file out of time that includes (1) a declaration or affidavit attesting to the failed attempts to file electronically and (2) the document that could not be filed due to the technical or system failure. (2) Submissions by Nonelectronic Filers. A document submitted in paper form is deemed filed on the date and time it is received by the court.

Additional paper copies must not be provided to the court except to the extent required by Federal Circuit Rule 25(c)(3) or as ordered by the court. (A) Originals. Nonelectronic filers, including counsel exempted from electronic filing requirements, must file one original of each document. If a party chooses to file required paper copies at the same time as the original submission, then Federal Circuit Rules of Practice (December 1, 2025) (Return to Table of Contents)