S3 Incorporated v. Nvidia Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently October 2023 · most notably Noah Systems, Inc. v. Intuit Inc. (2012), Chemical Separation Technology, Inc. v. United States (2002)
10 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 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · MARKMAN Et Al. v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC., Et Al. · Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. · Hybritech Inc. v. Monoclonal Antibodies, Inc. · Wl Gore Associates Inc v. Garlock 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the claims when read in light of the specification reasonably apprise those skilled in the art of the scope of the invention, § 112 demands no more.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed as a means or step 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 specification and equivalents thereof.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant 10 regards as his invention.”
1 later decision 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.