Hueter v. Compco Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
179 F.2d 416 · 1950
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently September 1974 · most notably Associated Plastics Companies, Inc. v. Gits Molding Corp. (1950), Kennatrack Corp. v. Stanley Works (1963)
20 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Ray-O-Vac Co. · Jungersen v. Ostby & Barton Co. · Smith v. Whitman Saddle Co. · Smith v. Dental Products Co. · Applied Arts Corp. v. Grand Rapids Metalcraft Corp.
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where, as here, however, invention is plainly lacking, commercial success cannot fill the void.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whoever invents any new, original and ornamental design for an article of manufacture may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patents for designs except as otherwise provided.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In a close case evidence of the commercial success may tip the scales in determining whether an improvement amounts to an invention.”
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.