In Re Carl D. Clay

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he purposes of both the invention and the prior art are important in de- termining whether the reference is reasonably pertinent to the problem the invention attempts to solve.”
• “[T]he purposes of both the invention and the prior art are important in de- termining whether the reference is reasonably pertinent to the problem the invention attempts to solve.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

66 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re David C. Paulsen
  Federal Circuit· 1994-08-03· cited 188×
• Wyers v. Master Lock Co.
  Federal Circuit· 2010-07-22· cited 165×
• In Re GPAC Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1995-10-24· cited 148×
• Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  Federal Circuit· 2016-10-07· cited 124×
• In Re Alberto Lee Bigio
  Federal Circuit· 2004-08-24· cited 64×
• Tinnus Enterprises, LLC v. Telebrands Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 2017-01-24· cited 53×
• Comaper Corp. v. Antec, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2010-03-01· cited 52×
• Innovention Toys, LLC v. MGA Entertainment, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2011-03-21· cited 52×
• In Re ICON Health and Fitness, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2007-08-01· cited 44×
• Corephotonics, Ltd. v. Apple Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2023-10-16· cited 31×
• Princeton Biochemicals, Inc. v. Beckman Coulter, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2005-06-09· cited 27×
• United States v. Everett Sileven
  Eighth Circuit· 1993-04-22· cited 27×
• In Re: Ethicon, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2017-01-03· cited 24×
• Airbus S.A.S. v. Firepass Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 2019-11-08· cited 20×
• In Re Klein
  Federal Circuit· 2011-06-06· cited 19×
• Wang Laboratories, Inc. v. Toshiba Corp.
  Federal Circuit· 1993-05-10· cited 19×
• Donner Technology, LLC v. Pro Stage Gear, LLC
  Federal Circuit· 2020-11-09· cited 16×
• Total Containment, Inc. v. Environ Products, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1995-11-03· cited 15×
• Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  Federal Circuit· 2016-02-26· cited 13×
• Circuit Check Inc. v. Qxq Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2015-07-28· cited 11×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City
  Supreme Court· 1966-02-21· cited 3,371×
• Panduit Corporation v. Dennison Manufacturing Co.
  Federal Circuit· 1987-01-23· cited 238×
• Dennison Manufacturing Co. v. Panduit Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-18· cited 137×
• In re Wood
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1979-06-07· cited 80×
• In Re Richard M. Deminski
  Federal Circuit· 1986-07-08· cited 44×
• In Re Richard C. Sovish, Marc F. Moisson, and Frank K.A. Selleslags
  Federal Circuit· 1985-07-26· cited 15×
• In re Ellis
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1973-04-26· cited 8×