In Re James C. Napier

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the inherent teachings of a prior art reference is a question of fact
• question is whether prior art suggests the combination to a person with ordinary skill in the art

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dickinson v. Zurko
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-10· cited 997×
• Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. v. Twi Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2014-12-03· cited 146×
• In Re Mouttet
  Federal Circuit· 2012-06-26· cited 106×
• Superior Fireplace Company v. The Majestic Products Company and Vermont Castings, Inc., Defendants-Cross
  Federal Circuit· 2001-11-01· cited 85×
• In Re Michael Ben Graves
  Federal Circuit· 1995-12-14· cited 44×
• In re Zurko
  Federal Circuit· 2001-08-02· cited 39×
• Dethmers Manufacturing Co. v. Automatic Equipment Mfg. Co.
  N.D. Iowa· 1998-09-29· cited 35×
• In re Zurko
  Federal Circuit· 1998-05-04· cited 18×
• Cargill, Inc. v. Sears Petroleum & Transport Corp.
  N.D. New York· 2005-08-25· cited 14×
• In Re Chapman
  Federal Circuit· 2010-02-24· cited 13×
• Sunrise Medical HHG, Inc. v. AirSep Corp.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2000-04-25· cited 12×
• Electronic Planroom, Inc. v. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
  E.D. Michigan· 2001-03-30· cited 11×
• In Re Buspirone Patent Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2002-02-14· cited 8×
• Teleflex Inc. v. KSR International Co.
  E.D. Michigan· 2003-12-12· cited 8×
• Persion Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Alvogen Malta Operations Ltd.
  Federal Circuit· 2019-12-27· cited 8×
• In re Zurko
  Federal Circuit· 1997-04-15· cited 8×
• Endo Pharmaceuticals Solutions v. Custopharm Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2018-07-13· cited 5×
• Rockwell International Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1997-02-05· cited 5×
• LRC Electronics, Inc. v. John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.
  N.D. New York· 1997-08-25· cited 4×
• Wahpeton Canvas Co. v. Bremer
  N.D. Iowa· 1997-03-28· cited 3×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cable Electric Products, Inc. v. Genmark, Inc., A/K/A Diablo Products Corp.
  Federal Circuit· 1985-08-09· cited 176×
• Richard F. Carella v. Starlight Archery and Pro Line Company
  Federal Circuit· 1986-12-12· cited 92×
• In Re Baxter Travenol Labs
  Federal Circuit· 1991-12-30· cited 89×
• In Re Richard E. Woodruff
  Federal Circuit· 1990-11-20· cited 75×
• In Re Francis J.A.M.C. De Blauwe and Frank K.A. Selleslags
  Federal Circuit· 1984-06-08· cited 74×
• In Re John R. Beattie
  Federal Circuit· 1992-09-04· cited 72×
• In Re Raymond G. Bond
  Federal Circuit· 1990-11-01· cited 62×
• In Re Miguel F. Brana, Jose M.C. Berlanga, Marina M. Moset, Erich Schlick and Gerhard Keilhauer
  Federal Circuit· 1995-03-30· cited 58×
• In Re Jeffrey B. Gorman and Marilyn Katz
  Federal Circuit· 1991-05-13· cited 37×
• In Re Robert K. Grasselli and Harley F. Hardman, and Rohm and Haas Company, Intervenor
  Federal Circuit· 1983-07-15· cited 20×
• In Re Klaus Heck
  Federal Circuit· 1983-02-14· cited 14×