Data Engine Techs. LLC v. Google LLC’s Empirical Analysis
906 F.3d 999 · 2018
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Delaware District Court)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 101
Relies on Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. White Consolidated Industries Inc Ct · Gottschalk v. Benson · Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l · Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. · Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The eligibility question is not whether anyone has ever used tabs to organize information. That question is one of novelty reserved for §§ 102 and 103. The question of abstraction is whether the claim is 'directed to' the abstract idea itself.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a specific structure (i.e., notebook tabs) within a particular spreadsheet display that performs a specific function (i.e., navigating within a three-dimensional spreadsheet).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in a particular way-by providing a highly intuitive, user-friendly interface with familiar notebook tabs for navigating the three-dimensional worksheet environment.”
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.