Schumer v. Laboratory Computer Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
308 F.3d 1304 · 2002
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 37 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 112 · 35 U.S.C. § 282
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Vitronics Corporation v. Conceptronic Inc · Gottschalk v. Benson · American Hoist Derrick Company v. Sowa & Sons Inc · Southwall Technologies, Inc. v. Cardinal IG Co.
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 146 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“explain in detail how each claim element is disclosed in the prior art reference. The testimony is insufficient if it is merely conclusory.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well settled that if the body of the claim sets out the complete invention, and the preamble is not necessary to give life, meaning and vitality to the claim, then the preamble is of no significance to claim construction because it cannot be said to constitute or explain a claim limitation.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to accept confusing or generalized testimony as evidence of invalidity is improper”
3 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.