Evans v. Kelly’s Empirical Analysis
13 F. 903 · 1880
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
April 1943
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Most-quoted passages
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““Where the patent claims the whole as described, we cannot sever one part of the description from another, but we must take it. in its totality, and apply the description to the claim.” Turrill v. Railroad Co., 1 Wall. 491 ; Tompkins v. Gage, 5 Blatchf. 268 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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