357 F. Supp. 1327 - Sears v. Gottschalk’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 122 · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Lear, Inc. v. Adkins · Alexander Milburn Co. v. Davis-Bournonville Co. · Hall v. Cole · Bristol-Myers Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · Edward S. Irons v. William B. Schuyler, Commissioner of Patents
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Applications for patents shall be kept in confidence by the Patent Office and no information concerning the same given without authority of the applicant or owner unless necessary to carry out the provisions of any Act of Congress or in such special circumstances as may be determined by the Commissioner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Irons v. Gottschalk
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.