Datascope Corp. v. Smec, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
776 F.2d 320 · 1985
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably Intellicall, Inc. v. Phonometrics, Inc. (1992), Mannesmann Demag Corp. v. Engineered Metal Products Co. (1986)
4 federal appellate · 7 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 · 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 282
Relies on Hildebrand v. Social Security Administration · Autogiro Co. of America v. United States · American Hoist Derrick Company v. Sowa & Sons Inc · Stratoflex, Inc. v. Aeroquip Corp. · Wl Gore Associates Inc v. Garlock 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`an embellishment' made possible by technological advances may not permit an accused device to escape `the web of infringement'”
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.