Unique Concepts, Inc. v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
939 F.2d 1558 · 1991
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 32 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 153 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. (1995), Southwall Technologies, Inc. v. Cardinal IG Co. (1995)
21 federal appellate · 32 district · 1 state decisions
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. § 112
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Penson v. Ohio · United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · White v. Dunbar · Sapir v. United States
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 153 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“§ 112 Specification (1) Written description. The specification shall contain a written description.... (2) Claims. The written description shall be followed by one or more claims. (a) A claim shall particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter. ... (b) A claim may be written in independent or dependent form.... (c) A claim in dependent form shall contain. ... (d) A claim in multiple dependent form shall contain.... (e) An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed as a means or step....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is also well established that subject matter disclosed but not claimed in a patent application is dedicated to the public.” Unique Concepts, 939 F.2d at 1563 (citing Edward Miller & Co. v. Bridgeport Brass Co., 104 U.S. (14 Otto) 350, 26 L.Ed. 783 (1881)). Thus, Katz's disclosure in his Remarks regarding an option for”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“To ascertain the meaning of claims, we consider three sources: The claims, the specification, and the prosecution history.”
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.