Mas-Hamilton Group v. LaGard, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
156 F.3d 1206 · 1998
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 47 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 213 later decisions — most recently July 2020 · most notably Watts v. XL Systems, Inc. (2000), WMS Gaming Inc. v. International Game Technology (1999)
41 federal appellate · 47 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on MARKMAN Et Al. v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC., Et Al. · Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. · Warner-Jenkinson Company Inc v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co · Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. · Cybor Corporation v. Fas Technologies, Inc., and Fastar Ltd., Defendants-Cross
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 213 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n element in a claim for a combination may be expressed as a means ... for performing a specified function without the recital of structure, material, or acts in support thereof, and such claim shall be construed to cover the corresponding structure, material, or acts described in the specifications and equivalents thereof.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a sale or an offer to sell the devices themselves”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“To prove literal infringement, the patentee must show that the accused device contains every limitation in the asserted claims.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.