Gowen v. Hendry’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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The question of the right of a party to secure a patent cannot be raised in this court on appeals in interference proceedings. In such cases the jurisdiction of this court is confined to the question of priority of invention and to such ancillary questions as may be involved therein [citing authorities], * * * These decisions rest upon the proposition that the question .of the patentability of an alleged invention is an issue between the applicant and the Patent Office — the Patent Office representing the public. See 35 U.S.C.A. §§ 36 , 59. Whereas, the issue of priority of invention and questions ancillary thereto in interference proceedings are matters inter partes. See 35 U.S.C.A. §§ 52 , 59. The Congress has provided for separate appeals to this court in these classes of cases.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kauffman v. Etten · Hurd v. Smith

2. ““The principles announced in the decision in the case of In re Dunbar, supra, were intended to prevent so-called ‘double patenting,’ and to prevent the extension of the statutory period of patent monopoly.” [My emphasis.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Hession · Application of John W. Hession, Jr