Calmar, Inc. v. Cook Chemical Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 282
Relies on Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. · Washburn Moen Manuf'G Co v. Beat 'Em All Barbed-Wire Co · Sanitary Refrigerator Co. v. Winters · Loom Company v. Higgins · Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Ray-O-Vac Co.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A closure assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein one of the normally interengaged surfaces of the shoulder and segment respectively is substantially conical to present an inclined annular face coaxial with the member and said retainer and of sufficient diameter at the largest end thereof to cause the seal effected between the shoulder and said segment to become tighter as the shoulder slides on said segment during shifting of the member toward the cap.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“improvements in structures for dispensing liquids wherein is provided a spray-type hand pump mounted within a container for the liquid through use of the closure cap of such container”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Pump-Type Liquid Sprayer Having Hold-Down cap”
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.