Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Gateway, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “including” and 18 “comprising” have the same meaning namely, that the listed elements are essential but 19 other elements may be added
• adopting construction that excluded all disclosed embodiments because the claims were “susceptible to only one reasonable construction”
• “[W]here we conclude that the claim language is unambiguous, we have con- strued the claims to exclude all disclosed embodiments.”
• “[T]hese statements .. . must be read in the context of its overall argument distinguishing the claimed method from the method disclosed in Busboom.”
• “[T]he arguments made by the applicants during prosecution clearly distinguish the claimed method from that of [the prior art], but do not constrain the definition of [the disputed claim term] as urged by the defendants.”
• “[W]hen the claims are susceptible to only one reasonable construction, we will construe the claims as the patentee drafted them.” (citing Process Control Corp. v. HydReclaim Corp., 190 F.3d 1350, 1356–57 (Fed. Cir. 1999)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. St. Jude Medical, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2009-08-19· cited 66×
• Liberty Ammunition, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2016-08-26· cited 52×
• Eli Lilly and Company v. Hospira, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2019-08-09· cited 45×
• Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Gateway, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2008-09-25· cited 40×
• Felix v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2009-04-10· cited 25×
• Ajinomoto Co. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n
  Federal Circuit· 2019-08-06· cited 25×
• Comcast Ip Holdings I LLC v. Sprint Communications Company
  Federal Circuit· 2017-03-07· cited 19×
• Ca, Inc. v. Simple. Com, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2009-03-05· cited 15×
• Sequoia Technology, LLC v. Dell, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2023-04-12· cited 12×
• Liberty Ammunition, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2014-12-31· cited 10×
• Bayer Cropscience Ag v. Dow Agrosciences LLC
  Federal Circuit· 2013-09-03· cited 6×
• In Re Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride
  D. Delaware· 2011-05-12· cited 5×
• Douglas Dynamics, LLC v. Buyers Products Co.
  W.D. Wisconsin· 2010-10-01· cited 5×
• The Fox Group, Inc. v. Cree, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 2011-06-10· cited 3×
• American Medical Systems, Inc. v. Laser Peripherals, LLC
  D. Minnesota· 2009-10-13· cited 3×
• Pfizer Inc. v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
  E.D. Virginia· 2011-03-17· cited 2×
• Coconut Grove Pads, Inc. v. Mich & Mich TGR, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2016-09-30· cited 2×
• Fifth Generation Computer Corp. v. International Business MacHines Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2010-01-06· cited 1×
• Sears Petroleum & Transport Corp. v. Archer Daniels Midland Co.
  N.D. New York· 2008-05-20· cited 1×
• Lexington Luminance LLC v. Amazon.Com, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2014-03-18· cited 1×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Edward H. Phillips v. Awh Corporation, Hopeman Brothers, Inc., and Lofton Corporation, Defendants-Cross
  Federal Circuit· 2006-02-21· cited 3,273×
• Vitronics Corporation v. Conceptronic, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1996-07-25· cited 2,428×
• Cybor Corporation v. Fas Technologies, Inc., and Fastar Ltd., Defendants-Cross
  Federal Circuit· 1998-03-25· cited 1,536×
• Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.
  Supreme Court· 2002-05-28· cited 669×
• Allen Engineering Corporation v. Bartell Industries, Inc. And Darragh Company
  Federal Circuit· 2002-08-01· cited 341×
• Amgen Inc., Plaintiff-Cross v. Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc. (Now Known as Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) and Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2003-03-03· cited 332×
• Rexnord Corporation v. The Laitram Corporation and Intralox, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2001-11-15· cited 249×
• Innogenetics, N v. v. Abbott Laboratories
  Federal Circuit· 2008-01-17· cited 199×
• Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd., A/K/A Smc Corporation, and Smc Pneumatics, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2003-11-05· cited 183×
• Hoganas Ab v. Dresser Industries, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1994-01-07· cited 169×
• Symantec Corp. v. Computer Associates International, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2008-04-11· cited 132×
• Elekta Instrument S.A. v. O.U.R. Scientific International, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2000-06-01· cited 120×
• Process Control Corporation v. V. Hydreclaim Corporation, Defendant-Cross
  Federal Circuit· 1999-10-25· cited 119×
• Chef America, Inc. v. Lamb-Weston, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2004-02-20· cited 118×
• Quantum Corporation v. Rodime, Plc
  Federal Circuit· 1995-11-27· cited 87×
• Cias, Inc. v. Alliance Gaming Corp.
  Federal Circuit· 2007-09-27· cited 68×
• Steven M. Hoffer v. Microsoft Corporation, and International Business MacHines Corporation, and Ariba Incorporated
  Federal Circuit· 2005-05-31· cited 57×
• Norian Corp. v. Stryker Corp.
  Federal Circuit· 2005-12-06· cited 45×
• Lucent Technologies Inc. v. Gateway, Inc.
  S.D. California· 2007-01-12· cited 2×