In re Christensen

How courts have described this case

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

• mathematical equations do not create patentable property rights
• method of computing porosity of subsurface formation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Diamond v. Diehr
  Supreme Court· 1981-03-03· cited 498×
• Dann v. Johnston
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-31· cited 105×
• In re Freeman
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1978-03-30· cited 50×
• In re Chatfield
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1976-11-18· cited 44×
• In re Abele
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1982-08-05· cited 42×
• In Re Ralph R. Grams and Dennis C. Lezotte
  Federal Circuit· 1989-11-03· cited 39×
• Arrhythmia Research Technology, Inc. v. Corazonix Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1992-05-05· cited 37×
• In re Richman
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1977-10-06· cited 29×
• In re Johnston
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1974-09-19· cited 20×
• In re Johnson
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1978-12-07· cited 20×
• In re Flook
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1977-08-04· cited 16×
• In re Sarkar
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1978-12-07· cited 16×
• In re Gelnovatch
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1979-03-08· cited 15×
• In re Taner
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1982-06-10· cited 15×
• In re Deutsch
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1977-05-05· cited 14×
• In re de Castelet
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1977-10-06· cited 13×
• In re Toma
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1978-05-18· cited 13×
• In re Waldbaum
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1977-07-28· cited 11×
• Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1980-12-17· cited 10×
• In re Bradley
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1979-07-05· cited 10×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gottschalk v. Benson
  Supreme Court· 1972-11-20· cited 442×
• Application of Walter D. Bernhart and William A. Fetter
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1969-11-20· cited 39×
• Application of Shao Wen Yuan
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1951-04-03· cited 20×
• In re Benson
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1971-05-06· cited 19×
• In Re Abrams
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1951-04-10· cited 16×