Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
822 F.3d 1327 · 2016
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 39 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 101 · 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 112
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Diamond v. Diehr · Gottschalk v. Benson · Parker v. Flook · Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l
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 207 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“on the specific asserted improvement in computer capabilities (i.e., the self-referential table for a computer database)”
35 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“compare claims at issue to those claims already found to be directed to an abstract idea in previous cases.”
29 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“economic or other tasks for which a computer is used in its ordinary capacity.”
28 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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