Medtronic Inc. v. Intermedics, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
799 F.2d 734 · 1986
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently September 2012 · most notably Newell Companies, Inc. v. Kenney Manufacturing Company, Defendant/cross-Appellant (1989), Orthokinetics, Inc. v. Safety Travel Chairs, Inc. (1986)
7 federal appellate · 10 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. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 112 · 35 U.S.C. § 282
Relies on Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · Vandygriff v. Phillips · Jones v. Howard · Jizmejian v. United States · Hildebrand v. Social Security Administration
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the trial court must consider all the evidence in a light most favorable to the non-mover, must draw reasonable inferences favorable to the non-mover, must not determine the credibility of witnesses, and must not substitute its choice for that of the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the absence of objective evidence [of long felt need and commercial success] is a neutral factor”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“has been correctly applied to the facts found.”
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.