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Deering Precision Instruments Llc v. Vector Distribution Systems Inc’s Empirical Analysis

347 F.3d 1314 · 2003

Citation profile

94
cited by 94 later decisions
November 2019
most recently cited

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.

  1. “the prosecution history must evince a 'clear and unmistakable surrender'”
    5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “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
  3. “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.