In re Bigelow’s Empirical Analysis
194 F.2d 545 · 1952
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
January 1979
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Gorham Company v. White · In re Jennings · In re Bigelow · In re Jabour · In re Eppinger
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well settled * * * that product patents, when pertinent, constitute valid references in design applications.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Application of Weil
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.