6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 112 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 Bancorp Services, L.L.C. v. Sun Life Assurance Co. Of Canada (u.s.).
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bancorp Services, L.L.C. v. Sun Life Assurance Co. Of Canada (u.s.) Anchor | green | “claim construction is not an inviolable prerequisite to a validity determination under 101.” | 26 |
| 2 | Aatrix Software, Inc. v. Green Shades Software, Inc. | green | “while the ultimate determination of eligibility under 101 is a question of law, like many legal questions, there can be subsidiary fact questions which must be resolved en route to the ultimate legal determination.” | 26 |
| 3 | Berkheimer v. Hp Inc. | green | “the question of whether a claim element or combination of elements is well-understood, routine and conventional to a skilled artisan in the relevant field is a question of fact” | 19 |
| 4 | Content Extraction & Transmission LLC v. Wells Fargo Bank | green | “involve more than performance of 'well-understood, routine, and conventional activities previously known to the industry.” | 16 |
| 5 | Cellspin Soft, Inc. v. Fitbit, Inc. | green | “plausible and specific factual allegations that aspects of the claims are inventive are sufficient” | 8 |
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.