Apple Computer, Inc. v. Articulate Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
234 F.3d 14 · 2000
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 17 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently December 2021 · most notably Allen Engineering Corporation v. Bartell Industries Inc (2002), Schumer v. Laboratory Computer Systems, Inc. (2002)
12 federal appellate · 17 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
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 282
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · MARKMAN Et Al. v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC., Et Al. · Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc.
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“commercial success, long felt but unsolved needs, failure of others, etc.... may have relevancy”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[Summary judgment] shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a patentee must deliberately and clearly point out how these terms differ from the conventional understanding”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.