7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 22 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 MediaCom Corp. v. Rates Technology, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MediaCom Corp. v. Rates Technology, Inc. Anchor | green | “the specification must enable a hypothetical person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention, and so is typically drafted in some sense as an interpretive guide in reading the claims.” | 4 |
| 2 | Engel Industries, Inc. v. The Lockformer Company, Iowa Precision Industries, Inc. And Met-Coil Systems Corp. | green | “literal infringement of a claim exists when every limitation recited in the claim is found in the accused device, i.e. when the properly construed claim reads on the accused device exactly.” | 3 |
| 3 | Intergraph Corporation v. Intel Corporation | green | “patent grant is a legal right to exclude, not a commercial product in a competitive market” | 3 |
| 4 | Thomas v. Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center | green | “memorandum, report, record or data compilation” | 3 |
| 5 | In Re Independent Service Organizations Antitrust Litigation | green | “patent grant is a legal right to exclude, not a commercial product in a competitive market” | 3 |
| 6 | In Re Independent Service Organizations Antitrust Litigation | green | “seems indisputably correct, and appears to be compelled by the explicit language of the patent act” | 3 |
| 7 | Solomon v. Aberman | green | “the burden is on plaintiff to plead and prove at least some improper motive or improper means.” | 3 |
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.