Application of Lawrence E. Fenn’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
January 1976
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on In re Sola · Smith v. Watson · Gobstub v. United States
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.
“* * * this court follows the rule that applicants who concede priority or disclaim interference counts are not entitled to claims which do not define patentably over those counts. In re Sola, 77 F.2d 627, 22 CCPA 1313; and In re Williams [and McCabe], 62 F.2d 86, 20 CCPA 738.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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