Lawther v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 federal appellate · 12 district · 1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The process of crushing oleaginous seeds, and extracting the oil therefrom, consisting of the following successive steps, viz. the crushing of the seeds under pressure, the moistening of the seeds hy direct subjection to steam, and finally the expression of the oil from the seed by suitable pressure, as and for the purpose set forth.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Crescent Brewing Co. v. Gottfried · Lawther v. Hamilton

2. “The Court held the patent to be valid, and said: 37 If as ... [the court below] says, and we think rightly says, the omission of the muller stones is a real improvement in the process of obtaining the oil from the flaxseed, if it produces better oil and better oil cakes, and it is new, and was not used before, why is that not a patentable discovery?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. American Original Corporation v. Jenkins Food Corporation H

3. “Whilst we are satisfied that the invention is that of a ¿process, it - is nevertheless limited by the clear terms .of the specification, at least so far as the crushing of the seed is concerned, to the use of the kind of instrumentality described.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Crescent Brewing Co. v. Gottfried