In Re Comiskey

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “mental processes,” “processes of human thinking,” and “systems that depend for their operation on human intelligence alone” are not patent-eligible subject matter under Benson
• explaining that State Street Bank held that patentability of a business method “does ‘not turn on whether the claimed subject matter does “business” instead of something else’ ”
• \The Constitution explicitly limited patentability to `the national purpose of advancing the useful arts—the process today called technological innovation.'\
• “[I]ndependent claims 17 and 46 . . . claim patentable subject matter under § 101 . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Bilski
  Federal Circuit· 2008-10-30· cited 198×
• In Re Comiskey
  Federal Circuit· 2009-01-13· cited 62×
• In re Nuijten
  Federal Circuit· 2007-09-20· cited 47×
• Rowe International Corp. v. Ecast, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2008-08-25· cited 14×
• Association for Molecular Pathology v. United States Patent & Trademark Office
  S.D. New York· 2010-04-05· cited 12×
• CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd.
  District of Columbia· 2011-03-09· cited 11×
• Intellectual Ventures I, LLC v. Motorola Mobility LLC
  D. Delaware· 2015-02-24· cited 9×
• CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc.
  N.D. California· 2009-03-27· cited 8×
• Accenture Global Services v. Guidewire Software, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 2011-05-31· cited 8×
• Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.
  D. Delaware· 2014-12-18· cited 8×
• Transamerica Life Insurance v. Lincoln National Life Insurance
  N.D. Iowa· 2009-01-29· cited 8×
• Joao Bock Transaction Systems, LLC v. Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 2014-12-15· cited 6×
• The First Years, Inc. v. Munchkin, Inc.
  W.D. Wisconsin· 2008-09-09· cited 5×
• Netgear, Inc. v. Ruckus Wireless, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 2013-09-30· cited 5×
• Cloud Satchel, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 2014-12-18· cited 5×
• Digitech Information Systems, Inc. v. BMW Financial Services NA, LLC
  M.D. Florida· 2012-03-30· cited 1×
• In Re Comiskey [Revised]
  Federal Circuit· 2009-01-26
• Cls Bank International v. Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd.
  District of Columbia· 2011-03-09

Cites

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

• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1943-02-01· cited 3,975×
• Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City
  Supreme Court· 1966-02-21· cited 3,371×
• KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2007-04-30· cited 1,310×
• United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 1,163×
• Dickinson v. Zurko
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-10· cited 997×
• Stratoflex, Inc. v. Aeroquip Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1983-07-25· cited 538×
• Diamond v. Diehr
  Supreme Court· 1981-03-03· cited 498×
• Gottschalk v. Benson
  Supreme Court· 1972-11-20· cited 442×
• Diamond v. Chakrabarty
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-16· cited 377×
• Parker v. Flook
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-22· cited 347×
• Cochrane v. Deener
  Supreme Court· 1877-03-19· cited 264×
• Eldred v. Ashcroft
  Supreme Court· 2003-01-15· cited 226×
• Le Roy v. Tatham
  Supreme Court· 1853-01-10· cited 144×
• Arcadia v. Ohio Power Co.
  Supreme Court· 1991-01-22· cited 140×
• Dann v. Johnston
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-31· cited 105×
• Newhouse v. Nicholson
  Federal Circuit· 2007-08-10· cited 104×
• In Re Kuriappan P. Alappat, Edward E. Averill and James G. Larsen
  Federal Circuit· 1994-07-29· cited 101×
• Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. v. Fisher-Price, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2007-05-09· cited 84×
• State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1998-07-23· cited 76×
• Patricia L. Killip v. Office of Personnel Management
  Federal Circuit· 1993-04-14· cited 63×