Eutectic Corp. v. Metco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1338 · 35 U.S.C. § 101 · 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 112 · 35 U.S.C. § 121 · 35 U.S.C. § 282
Relies on Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · United States v. Adams · Sanitary Refrigerator Co. v. Winters · Dann v. Johnston · Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. United States Plywood Corp.
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.
“The term “composite” as used herein is intended to designate a structurally integral unit and does not include a mere mixture of components which may be physically separated without any destruction of the structure. Thus, in the case of powder, the term “composite” does not include a simple mixture of individual granules of the separate components, but requires that each of the individual granules contain the separate components which will exothermically react, forming intermetallic compounds.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The court found that it was not, and we agree. After fifteen years of less than satisfactory experience with molybdenum, Dittrich was the first to recognize, develop and adapt the concept of coated or clad powder particles for use in flame spraying to achieve a self-bonded surface coating without prior preparation of the substrate. Further on the question of obviousness, the court below noted that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Would it have been obvious to those (skilled in the art of flame spraying) that the formation and flame spraying of nickel-aluminum powders as taught in the patents in suit would produce a self-bounding coating on a metal substrate that had not been heated or otherwise treated to receive it?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.