Application of Walter Grimme, Werner Keil and Heinrich Schmitz’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * It is manifestly impracticable for an applicant who discloses a generic invention to give an example of every species falling within it, or even to name every such species. It is sufficient if the disclosure teaches those skilled in the art what the invention is and how to practice it. * * *”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Surrey · In re Kamal

2. “[I]t has been consistently held that the naming of one member of such a group is not, in itself, a proper basis for a claim to the entire group. However, it may not be necessary to enumerate a plurality of species if a genus is sufficiently identified in an application by 'other appropriate language.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Regents of the University of California v. Lilly & Co.

3. “R 3 is a radical containing not in excess of 10 carbon atoms and selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and phenylalkyl radicals; and A is a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having 2 to 5 carbon atoms.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Risse Horlein