In re Abrams’s Empirical Analysis
188 F.2d 165 · 1951
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1981 · most notably Diamond v. Diehr (1981), In re Prater (1969)
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
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 31
Relies on Cochrane v. Deener · In re Cooper · Don Lee, Inc. v. Walker · Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(2) sealing off each of said boreholes from the atmosphere at any desirable depth below the level of atmospheric breathing in such manner that a known area of the inner surface thereof is made available for diffusion of subsurface gases into said borehole.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“When the steps of the claims are considered in the light of the explanation of their character so given, it seems to us that they are eliminated from the applicability of appellant’s proposed rule 3, and fall within No. 2.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“From such examination of the decisions as we have been able to make, the suggested rules appear to accord with them, but it is unnecessary for us arbitrarily to go beyond, the requirements of the instant case. * * *”
2 later decisions 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.