Zygo Corporation v. Wyko Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
79 F.3d 1563 · 1996
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 22 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently December 2023 · most notably Teleflex, Inc. v. Ficosa North America Corp. (2002), Eurand, Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (2012)
11 federal appellate · 22 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
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. · Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp. · Penson v. Ohio · Rita v. United States
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The focus of a section 112 inquiry is not what a particular user decides to make and sell or even in what field the invention is most likely to find success. Rather, in keeping with the statutory mandate, our precedent is clear that the parameters of a section 112 inquiry are set by the claims.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“objective limitation on the extent of the disclosure required to comply with the best mode requirement is, of course, the scope of the claimed invention”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a device which is capable of infringing use does not escape infringement although not actually used in an infringing manner,”
2 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.