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8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 208 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Internet Patents Corporation v. Active Network, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internet Patents Corporation v. Active Network, Inc. Anchor | green | “the claims are considered in their entirety to ascertain whether their character as a whole is directed to excluded subject matter.” | 50 |
| 2 | Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. | green | “framework for distinguishing patents that claim laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas from those that claim patent-eligible applications of those concepts.” | 38 |
| 3 | Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. | green | “an element or combination of elements that is 'sufficient to ensure that the patent in practice amounts to significantly more than a patent upon the ineligible concept itself.” | 34 |
| 4 | Berkheimer v. Hp Inc. | green | “whether a claim recites patent eligible subject matter is a question of law which may contain underlying facts.” | 26 |
| 5 | Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. v. LG Electronics, Inc. | green | “the claims satisfy 101 and the court need not proceed to the second step.” | 24 |
| 6 | Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. | green | “are 'the basic tools of scientific and technological work' that lie beyond the domain of patent protection.” | 19 |
| 7 | BASCOM Global Internet Services, Inc. v. AT&T Mobility LLC | green | “the inventive concept inquiry requires more than recognizing that each claim element, by itself, was known in the art.” | 10 |
| 8 | Internet Patents Corporation v. Active Network, Inc. | green | “in their entirety to ascertain whether their character as a whole is directed to excluded subject matter.” | 7 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.