Synopsys, Inc. v. Mentor Graphics Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
839 F.3d 1138 · 2016
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 7 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 101 · 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 103
Relies on Gottschalk v. Benson · Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l · Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. · 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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hile preemption may signal patent ineligible subject matter, the absence of complete preemption does not demonstrate patent eligibility.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] claim for a new abstract idea is still an abstract idea.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“method can be performed mentally or with pencil and paper”
7 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.