Lizardtech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
433 F.3d 1373 · 2006
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 101 · 35 U.S.C. § 112 · 35 U.S.C. § 132
Relies on Phillips v. AWH Corp. · SRI International v. Matsushita Electric Corp. · Teleflex, Inc. v. Ficosa North America Corp. · Liebel-Flarsheim Co. v. Medrad, Inc. · Amgen Inc. v. Hoechst Marion Roussel, 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“However, in whatever form the claims are finally issued, they must be interpreted, in light of the written description, but not beyond it, because otherwise they would be interpreted to cover inventions or aspects of an invention that have not been disclosed. Claims are not necessarily limited to preferred embodiments, but, if there are no other embodiments, and no other disclosure, then they may be so limited. One does not receive entitlement to a period of exclusivity for what one has not disclosed to the public.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.