Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
566 U.S. 66 · 2012
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 45 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Federal Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 101 · 35 U.S.C. § 102
Relies on Diamond v. Diehr · Gottschalk v. Benson · Parker v. Flook · O'Reilly v. Morse · Cochrane v. Deener
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 207 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a process that focuses upon the use of a natural law also contain other elements or a combination of elements, sometimes referred to as an 'inventive concept,' sufficient to ensure that the patent in practice amounts to significantly more than a patent upon the natural law itself”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“all inventions at some level embody, use, reflect, rest upon, or apply laws of nature, natural phenomena, or abstract ideas.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.”
8 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.