Deep Welding, Inc. v. Sciaky Bros.’s Empirical Analysis
417 F.2d 1227 · 1969
Citation profile
40 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently March 1993 · most notably Lektro-Vend Corp. v. Vendo Co. (1981), La Salle Street Press, Inc. v. McCormick & Henderson, Inc. (1971)
40 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. · Julia Hotchkiss Executrix of John Hotchkiss Deceased John Davenport and John Quincy v. Miles Greenwood · Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker · Universal Oil Products Co. v. Globe Oil & Refining Co.
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Under § 103, the scope and content of the prior art are to be determined; differences between the prior art and the claims at issue are to be ascertained ; and the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art resolved. Against this background, the obviousness or nonobviousness of the subject matter is determined.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]t is sufficient for anticipation 'if the general aspects are the same and the difference in minor matters is only such as would suggest itself to one of ordinary skill in the art.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the state of the art anticipated or made obvious the invention sought to be patented, 35 U.S.C. § 103 (as well as §§ 102 (a), (b), (e) or (g)) requires a holding of invalidity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Bass · In re Bass
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.