Toepfer v. Goetz’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. ““The only substantial difference between the trays constructed according to the complainant’s patent and those made and used by the defendants is that defendants use a round rock shaft whore complainant "shows a square or polygonal one, and the ends of defendants’ rock shaft form the journals upon which the trays turn. Complainant fastens his rock shaft rigidly to the tray by passing it through square holes, while defendants pass theirs through round holes, and make it rigid with the frames of the tray by pins or set screws.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Toepfer v. Galland-Henning Malting-Drum Manuf'g Co.

2. ““(1) In a malt dryer, a removable tilting tray, provided with journals having bearings in the end walls of the kiln, and on an intermediate bracket or brackets, the journals of the trays having polygonal openings for the reception of a polygonal tilting shaft, in combination with a corresponding tilting shaft, substantially as and for the purpose specified.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Toepfer v. Galland-Henning Malting-Drum Manuf'g Co.