Simpleair, Inc. v. Google LLC’s Empirical Analysis
884 F.3d 1160 · 2018
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 251 · 35 U.S.C. § 253 · 35 U.S.C. § 305 (§ 1 of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980)
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · State of New Hampshire v. State of Maine · Brown III v. Felsen · Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp. · Altoona Publix Theatres, Inc. v. American Tri-Ergon Corp.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] terminal disclaimer is a strong clue that a patent examiner and, by concession, the applicant, thought the claims in the continuation lacked a patentable distinction over the parent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“foreclose the inference that filing a terminal disclaimer functions as an admission regarding the patentability of the resulting claims.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a particular cause of action in a patent case is the same as or different from another cause of action”
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.