In re Diehr’s Empirical Analysis
602 F.2d 982 · 1979
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2017
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 101
Relies on Eibel Process Co. v. Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co. · Gottschalk v. Benson · Parker v. Flook · Tilghman v. Proctor · Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. v. Radio Corp. of America
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The patent sought is on a method of programming a general-purpose digital computer to convert signals from binary-coded decimal form into pure binary form. A procedure for solving a given type of mathematical problem is known as an 'algorithm.' The procedures set forth in the present claims are of that kind; that is to say, they are a generalized formulation for programs to solve mathematical problems of converting one form of numerical representation to another. From the generic formulation, programs may be developed as specific applications.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Diamond v. Diehr“the only difference between the conventional methods of operating a molding press and that claimed in [the] application rests in those steps of the claims which relate to the calculation incident to the solution of the mathematical problem or formula used to control the mold heater and the automatic opening of the press.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Diamond v. Diehr“repetitively calculating in the computer, at frequent intervals during each cure, the Arrhenius equation for reaction time during the cure, which is”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Diamond v. Diehr
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.