Swenson v. Boos’s Empirical Analysis
156 F.2d 338 · 1946
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 31 · 35 U.S.C. § 33
Relies on General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp. · United Carbon Co. v. Binney & Smith Co. · Muncie Gear Works, Inc. v. Outboard, Marine & Manufacturing Co. · General Electric Co. v. Jewel Incandescent Lamp Co. · DeForest Radio Co. v. General Electric Co.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]nvention will not be decided on the narrow issue of degree.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.