In re Ripper’s Empirical Analysis
171 F.2d 297 · 1948
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently July 2005 · most notably Texas Digital Systems, Inc. v. Telegenix, Inc. (2002), Application of Dalton (1951)
3 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on In re Ayers · In re Fear · In re Hill
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]t is clear that in ascertaining the meaning of [the claim term] as it appears herein, reference properly may be made to the ordinary dictionaries.”)). 16 . This edition slightly post-dates the '064 patent, which is dated August 25, 1992. 17 . We find Defendants' arguments against the clear language of these definitions unpersuasive. 18 . All three definitions are authored by Dr. McNaught. 19 . In his declaration of September 24, 2004, Dr. McNaught curiously (at least to us) states that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.