7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 39 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 Centillion Data Systems, LLC v. Qwest Communications International, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centillion Data Systems, LLC v. Qwest Communications International, Inc. Anchor | green | “to 'use' a system for purposes of infringement, a party must put the invention into service, i.e., control the system as a whole and obtain benefit from it.” | 13 |
| 2 | Centillion Data Systems, LLC v. Qwest Communications International, Inc. | green | “combine all of the claim elements.” | 6 |
| 3 | K-Tech Telecommunications, Inc. v. Time Warner Cable, Inc. | green | “the adequacy of the facts pleaded depends on the breadth and complexity of both the asserted patent and the accused product or system and the nature of the defendant's business activities.” | 4 |
| 4 | Senju Pharmaceutical Co. v. Apotex Inc. | green | “a widely distributed security system . . . that protects computers at individual client locations” | 4 |
| 5 | Senju Pharmaceutical Co. v. Apotex Inc. | green | “generate counter-offensive measures” | 4 |
| 6 | Ottah v. Fiat Chrysler | green | “cannot plausibly be construed to include or be the equivalent of the accused structure, in view of the specification and the prosecution history.” | 4 |
| 7 | Hastings v. United States | green | “is required only 'when the meaning or scope of technical terms and words of art is unclear . . . and requires resolution to determine' the issue before the court.” | 4 |
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.