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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 12 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 Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Directv, LLC.

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1 Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Directv, LLC Anchor
cafc · 2016
green “the 'abstract idea' step of the inquiry calls upon us to look at the 'focus of the claimed advance over the prior art' to determine if the claim's 'character as a whole' is directed to excluded subject matter.” 9
2 Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation
cafc · 2016
green “e are not persuaded that the invention's ability to run on a general-purpose computer dooms the claims.” 3

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