In Re Werner Kotzab’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
18 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2020 · most notably KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. (2007), In Re Lavaughn F. Watts, Jr (2004)
18 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 Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · In re Gartside · Wl Gore Associates Inc v. Garlock Inc · WMS Gaming Inc. v. International Game Technology
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[A] proper analysis under § 103 requires, inter alia, consideration of two factors: (1) whether the prior art would have suggested to those of ordinary skill in the art that they should make the claimed composition or device, or carry out the claimed process; and (2) whether the prior art would also have revealed that in so making or carrying out, those of ordinary skill would have a reasonable expectation of success.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[Defendants] must show reasons that the skilled artisan, confronted with the same problems as the inventor and with no knowledge of the claimed invention, would select the elements from the cited prior art references for combination in the manner claimed. .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there must be some motivation, suggestion or teaching of the desirability of making the specific combination that was made by the applicant.”
2 later decisions 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.