Smartflash LLC v. Apple Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 101
Relies on Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l · Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. · Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership · Bilski v. Kappos · Bilski v. Kappos
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.
“writing data to implement an abstract idea on a computer does not transform the nature of the claim into a patent-eligible application”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“invoke computers merely as tools to execute fundamental economic practices, in particular retrieving and providing data subject to payment validation and”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the asserted claims are directed to the abstract idea of conditioning and controlling access to data based on payment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.