Wyeth v. Stone’s Empirical Analysis
1840
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
July 2019
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“claim[ed] an exclusive title to the art of cutting ice by means of any power, other than human power.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]t is a claim for an art or principle in the abstract, and not for any particular method or machinery, by which ice is to be cut.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“for the particular apparatus and machinery to cut ice, described in the specification.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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