In re May

How courts have described this case

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

• claims to use as non-addictive analgesics for May’s compounds held unobvious from the known use of the prior art compounds as addictive analgesics, in view of the unpredictable nature of this property
• claims to use as non-addictive analgesics for May's compounds held unobvious from the known use of the prior art compounds as addictive analgesics, in view of the unpredictable nature of this property
• considering non-addietive property of analgesic compound

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

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  Federal Circuit· 2006-12-08· cited 121×
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  Federal Circuit· 2008-12-12· cited 84×
• In Re Francis J.A.M.C. De Blauwe and Frank K.A. Selleslags
  Federal Circuit· 1984-06-08· cited 74×
• In Re Diane M. Dillon
  Federal Circuit· 1990-11-09· cited 74×
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2001-04-20· cited 64×
• Astra Aktiebolag v. Andrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2002-10-16· cited 63×
• Genetics Institute, LLC v. Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2011-08-23· cited 53×
• Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH v. Lupin, Ltd.
  Federal Circuit· 2007-09-11· cited 41×
• Eli Lilly & Co. v. Premo Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1980-07-11· cited 37×
• In re Payne
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1979-09-13· cited 36×
• In Re Rita S. Jones, Michael T. Chirchirillo and Johnny L. Burns
  Federal Circuit· 1992-02-28· cited 35×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1980-07-11· cited 32×
• In Re Raymond C. Grabiak
  Federal Circuit· 1985-08-09· cited 29×
• Friction Division Products, Inc. v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.
  D. Delaware· 1987-01-09· cited 19×
• Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2017-07-17· cited 16×
• In re Gyurik
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1979-04-12· cited 15×
• Eli Lilly & Co. v. Zenith Goldline Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  S.D. Indiana· 2005-04-14· cited 14×
• Revlon, Inc. v. Carson Products Co.
  S.D. New York· 1985-03-21· cited 13×
• Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.
  N.D. West Virginia· 2004-12-23· cited 10×
• Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Allied Chemical Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1979-07-31· cited 9×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Eli Lilly and Company, Inc. v. Generix Drug Sales, Inc., Caribe Chemical Company, Inc., Ellencee Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Inc., (Three Cases)
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-05-18· cited 127×
• In re Rinehart
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1976-03-11· cited 65×
• Application of Heinrich Ruschig, Walter Aumüller, Gerhard Korger, Hans Wagner, Josef Scholz and Alfred Bänder
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1965-04-22· cited 43×
• In re Pearson
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1974-04-25· cited 36×
• Application of Arthur R. Tomlinson, Harry H. Hall and William F. Geigle
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1966-08-04· cited 30×
• Application of Rene De Montmollin and Henri Riat
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1965-05-13· cited 25×
• In re Schaumann
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1978-02-23· cited 25×
• Application of Paul E. Hoch
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1970-07-30· cited 23×
• In re Murch
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1972-08-24· cited 23×
• In re Wilder
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1977-10-13· cited 18×
• Application of Gene R. Wilder
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1970-08-13· cited 16×
• Application of Robert R. Mod, Evald L. Skau, Sara P. Fore, Frank C. Magne, Arthur F. Novak, Harold P. Dupuy, Jesse R. Ortego, and Mary J. Fisher
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1969-04-10· cited 15×
• In re Albrecht
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1975-05-01· cited 15×
• Application of Williams
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1948-12-07· cited 14×
• Application of Sabatino R. Orfeo and Kevin P. Murphy
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1971-04-29· cited 13×
• Eli Lilly and Company v. Generix Drug Sales, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 1971-03-05· cited 8×
• In re Sebek
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1972-08-31· cited 6×
• In re Nolan
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1977-05-05· cited 6×
• Application of Grover C. Cable
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1965-07-01· cited 4×
• Application of Anthony Sabatino and Daniel Orlando
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1968-01-11· cited 2×