6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 26 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 SAP Am., Inc. v. InvestPic, LLC.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAP Am., Inc. v. InvestPic, LLC Anchor | green | “look to whether the claims focus on a specific means or method, or are instead directed to a result or effect that itself is the abstract idea and merely invokes generic processes and machinery.” | 7 |
| 2 | Le Roy v. Tatham | green | “a patent is not good for an effect, or the result of a certain process" because such patents "would prohibit all other persons from making the same thing by any means whatsoever.” | 5 |
| 3 | Le Roy v. Tatham | green | “would prohibit all other persons from making the same thing by any means whatsoever.” | 4 |
| 4 | Apple, Inc. v. Ameranth, Inc. | green | “we . . . look to whether the claims in these patents focus on a specific means or method that improves the relevant technology or are instead directed to a result or effect that itself is the abstract idea and merely invoke generic processes and machinery.” | 4 |
| 5 | Cxloyalty, Inc. v. Maritz Holdings Inc. | green | “directed to a technological solution to a technological problem.” | 4 |
| 6 | IBM v. Zillow Group, Inc. | green | “directed to collection of information, comprehending the meaning of that collected information, and indication of the results, all on a generic computer network operating in its normal, expected manner” | 2 |
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.