Deering Precision Instruments Llc v. Vector Distribution Systems Inc’s Empirical Analysis
347 F.3d 1314 · 2003
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 14 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Vitronics Corporation v. Conceptronic Inc · Cybor Corporation v. Fas Technologies, Inc., and Fastar Ltd., Defendants-Cross · Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. · Comark Communications, Inc. v. Harris Corp.
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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the prosecution history must evince a 'clear and unmistakable surrender'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When the claim language itself lacks sufficient clarity to ascertain the scope of the claims,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“surrendered subject matter that was originally claimed for reasons related to patentability,”
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.