Apex Inc. v. Raritan Computer, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that the term “circuit,” coupled with identifiers such as “interface,” “program- ming,” and “logic,” connoted sufficient structure to a person of ordinary skill in the art
• holding that even the term “circuit” 5 “itself connotes some structure”
• adding that the presumption “does not shift to such party the burden of proof in the sense of the risk of nonpersuasion”
• finding that dictionary definition of “circuit” — “the combination of a number of electrical devices and conductors that . . . fulfill some desired function” — by itself connotes some structure
• considering the use of the term \circuit\ in the claim limitation \a first interface circuit for receiving keyboard and cursor control device signals from the workstation\
• reversing a district court ruling that relied too heavily on “single words of the limitations … as opposed to the limitations as a whole”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  Federal Circuit· 2006-09-13· cited 23×
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Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. United States Gypsum Co.
  Supreme Court· 1948-03-08· cited 9,383×
• MARKMAN Et Al. v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC., Et Al.
  Supreme Court· 1996-04-29· cited 3,226×
• Herbert Markman and Positek, Inc. v. Westview Instruments, Inc. And Althon Enterprises, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1995-04-05· cited 2,940×
• Vitronics Corporation v. Conceptronic, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1996-07-25· cited 2,428×
• Cybor Corporation v. Fas Technologies, Inc., and Fastar Ltd., Defendants-Cross
  Federal Circuit· 1998-03-25· cited 1,536×
• Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co.
  Supreme Court· 1997-03-03· cited 1,430×
• Teleflex, Inc. v. Ficosa North America Corp., Fico Cables, S.A., and Ficosa North America S.A. De C.V.
  Federal Circuit· 2002-08-30· cited 652×
• Comark Communications, Inc. v. Harris Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1998-09-09· cited 607×
• Pitney Bowes, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Company, Defendant-Cross
  Federal Circuit· 1999-06-23· cited 590×
• A.C. Aukerman Company v. R.L. Chaides Construction Co.
  Federal Circuit· 1992-05-19· cited 585×
• Ccs Fitness, Inc. v. Brunswick Corporation and Its Division Life Fitness
  Federal Circuit· 2002-05-30· cited 492×
• Carl B. Bai v. L & L Wings, Inc., D/B/A Wings, and Great World Co. Of New York Ltd., and Elufa Fashions, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1998-11-03· cited 407×
• Texas Digital Systems, Inc. v. Telegenix, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2002-10-16· cited 404×
• Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc. v. Zebco Corporation and Brunswick Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1999-04-27· cited 335×
• Samuel Gart v. Logitech, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2001-06-26· cited 225×
• John D. Watts v. Xl Systems, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2000-11-14· cited 193×
• I. Melbourne Greenberg, M.D. v. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1996-10-10· cited 183×
• Kemco Sales, Inc. v. Control Papers Co.
  Federal Circuit· 2000-04-07· cited 166×
• Rodime Plc v. Seagate Technology, Inc., Defendant-Cross
  Federal Circuit· 1999-06-03· cited 159×
• Tate Access Floors, Inc. And Tate Access Floors Leasing, Inc. v. Interface Architectural Resources, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2002-02-07· cited 145×

Other cases named Apex Inc. v. Raritan Computer, Inc.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Apex Inc. v. Raritan Computer, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2002-02-25· cited 2×