Oracle business rule patterns : "There is at least one case"

Hi,
Rule Author pattern definition page has a drop down with values -
1. There is at least one case
2. There is no case
What's the significance of this drop down ? When should I use these ?
I found 2-3 lines from the user guide, but that doesn't seems fruitful to me.

My Observations about patterns -
1. Default blank value
Rule gets executed for all the matching facts in working memory of rule engine.
2. There is at least one case
Rule gets executed for the first matching fact and it will not even look for the rest.
3. There is no case
If none of the fact is matching the condition the rule will execute once. If any of the fact
is matching, rule will not be executed.
I hope all agree with it.

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