In re Alonso’s Empirical Analysis
545 F.3d 1015 · 2008
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 112
Relies on In re Gartside · Vas-Cath Inc. v. Mahurkar · Regents of the University of California v. Lilly & Co. · Enzo Biochem, Inc. v. Gen-Probe Inc. · LizardTech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping, 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“cannot be said to be representative of a densely populated genus.”
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.