Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services’s Empirical Analysis
581 F.3d 1336 · 2009
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 100 · 35 U.S.C. § 101 · 35 U.S.C. § 102
Relies on Diamond v. Diehr · Gottschalk v. Benson · Diamond v. Chakrabarty · Parker v. Flook · Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant Co.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.” 35 U. S. C. § 101 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A method of optimizing therapeutic efficacy for treatment of an immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder, comprising: (a) administering a drug providing 6-thioguanine to a subject having said immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder; and (b) determining the level of 6-thiogua-nine in said subject having said immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder, wherein the level of 6-thioguanine less than about 230 pmol per 8x108 red blood cells indicates a need to increase the amount of said drug subsequently-administered to said subject and wherein the level of 6-thioguanine greater than about 400 pmol per 8x108 red blood cells indicates a need to decrease the amount of said drug subsequently administered to said subject.”
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.