7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 537 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 Edward H. Phillips v. Awh Corporation, Hopeman Brothers, Inc., and Lofton Corporation, Defendants-Cross.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward H. Phillips v. Awh Corporation, Hopeman Brothers, Inc., and Lofton Corporation, Defendants-Cross Anchor | green | “it is a 'bedrock principle' of patent law that 'the claims of a patent define the invention to which the patentee is entitled the right to exclude.” | 193 |
| 2 | Comark Communications, Inc. v. Harris Corporation | green | “although the specification may aid the court in interpreting the meaning of disputed claim language, particular embodiments and examples appearing in the specification will not generally be read into the claims.” | 85 |
| 3 | Teleflex, Inc. v. Ficosa North America Corp., Fico Cables, S.A., and Ficosa North America S.A. De C.V. | green | “where the ordinary and accustomed meaning of the words used in the claims lack sufficient clarity to permit the scope of the claim to be ascertained from the words alone.” | 75 |
| 4 | Seymour v. Osborne | green | “so interspersed with technical terms and terms of art that the testimony of scientific witnesses is indispensable to a correct understanding of its meaning” | 48 |
| 5 | Apple Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. | green | “in all aspects of claim construction, 'the name of the game is the claim.” | 48 |
| 6 | Renishaw Plc v. Marposs Societa' Per Azioni and Marposs Corporation | green | “with reasonable clarity, deliberateness, and precision.” | 47 |
| 7 | Home Diagnostics, Inc. v. Lifescan, Inc. | green | “as in the case of the specification, a patent applicant may define a term in prosecuting a patent.” | 41 |
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.