Switzer v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
April 1982
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 145
Relies on Abbott v. Coe · Washington v. Summerfield · Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Sun Oil Co. · Brownell v. Kaufman · In re Ward
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the limitation of the appealed claims calling for an oxygen-containing liquid as a constituent of the penetrant liquid is fully supported in parent specification Serial No. 606,708”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“entitled to rely as to all of claims 1-5 on the filing date of application Serial No. 606,708 and that the Canadian patent to Sockman et al. is, therefore, not a statutory bar.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“relatively nonvolatile liquid (or portion) consisting essentially of an oxygen-containing organic liquid.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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