US Synthetic Corp. v. Itc

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• noting that at step one courts “try[] to ascertain as a matter of law whether a patent claim is directed to a specific implementation of an idea or merely just the idea itself’

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Cites

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

• Edward H. Phillips v. Awh Corporation, Hopeman Brothers, Inc., and Lofton Corporation, Defendants-Cross
  Federal Circuit· 2006-02-21· cited 3,273×
• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
  Supreme Court· 2000-03-28· cited 1,963×
• Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2012-03-20· cited 915×
• Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership
  Supreme Court· 2011-06-09· cited 825×
• Electric Power Group, LLC v. Alstom S.A.
  Federal Circuit· 2016-08-01· cited 524×
• Berkheimer v. Hp Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2018-02-08· cited 512×
• Diamond v. Chakrabarty
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-16· cited 377×
• McRO, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2016-09-13· cited 364×
• SAP Am., Inc. v. InvestPic, LLC
  Federal Circuit· 2018-05-15· cited 276×
• Internet Patents Corporation v. Active Network, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2015-06-23· cited 272×
• In Re Jack R. Wands, Vincent R. Zurawski, Jr., and Hubert J.P. Schoemaker
  Federal Circuit· 1988-09-30· cited 251×
• Cellspin Soft, Inc. v. Fitbit, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2019-06-25· cited 185×
• Chargepoint, Inc. v. Semaconnect, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2019-03-28· cited 184×
• Interval Licensing LLC v. Aol, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2018-07-20· cited 122×
• Cardionet, LLC v. Infobionic, Inc
  Federal Circuit· 2020-04-17· cited 89×
• Apple, Inc. v. Ameranth, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2016-11-29· cited 88×
• The Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd
  Federal Circuit· 2019-08-21· cited 74×
• Trinity Info Media, LLC v. Covalent, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2023-07-14· cited 67×
• Cephalon, Inc. v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2013-02-14· cited 57×
• Guangdong Alison Hi-Tech Co. v. Itc
  Federal Circuit· 2019-08-27· cited 44×