Thurston v. Wulff’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 4 district ·

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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““An inventor’s testimony, however, might be corroborated by facts and circumstances other than by an independent witness. Such proof or evidence should be independent of the testimony of the inventor and should not consist of self-serving documents prepared by him or under his direction, nor should it be based upon facts the truth of which depends upon information received from , the inventor.” [Emphasis added.]”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Patterson v. Hauck · Reese v. Hurst

2. “[I]n well-conducted, large laboratories such as the one involved in the ease at bar and in other well-operated business establishments where well-kept books and records are prepared and complete data on experiments properly compiled and filed there is not much opportunity for fraud being perpetrated and that, under such circumstances, there is little likelihood that the inventor’s testimony would involve perjury. [ 164 F.2d at 617 , 76 USPQ at 126.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reese v. Hurst