In re Lintner’s Empirical Analysis
458 F.2d 1013 · 1972
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently July 2015 · most notably Muniauction, Inc. v. Thomson Corp. (2008), Solder Removal Co. v. United States International Trade Commission (1978)
8 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 103
Relies on In re Mraz
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is necessary to ascertain whether or not the reference teachings would appear to be sufficient for one of ordinary skill in the relevant art having the references before him to make the proposed substitution, combination or other modification”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The fact that appellant uses sugar for a different purpose does not alter the conclusion that its use in a prior art composition would be prima facie obvious from the purpose disclosed in the references.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In re Dillon · In Re Diane M Dillon“there is no departure from the prior art in terms of the result achieved by the addition of sugar.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Diane M Dillon
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.