Jansen v. Rexall Sundown, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
342 F.3d 1329 · 2003
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably Dynacore Holdings Corporation v. US Philips Corporation Jvc Pc Nec Ads (2004), Hearing Components, Inc. v. Shure Inc. (2010)
4 federal appellate · 1 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Northern District Court)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · MARKMAN Et Al. v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC., Et Al. · Warner-Jenkinson Company Inc v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co · 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A method of treating or preventing ma-crocytic-megaloblastic anemia in humans which anemia is caused by either folic acid deficiency or by vitamin B12 deficiency which comprises administering a daily oral dosage of a vitamin preparation to a human in need thereof comprising at least about 0.5 mg. of vitamin B12 and at least about 0.5 mg. of folic acid.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the claim[’s] recitation of a patient or a human “in need gives life and meaning to the preamble[’s] statement of purpose. The preamble is therefore not merely a statement of effect that may or may not be desired or appreciated. Rather, it is a statement of the intentional purpose for which the method must be performed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In this case, the [claim phrases at issue] were added to gain allowance of the claims .... We must therefore give them weight, for the patentability of the claims hinged upon their presence in the claim language.”
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.