The Q-Panel Company v. Stephen E. Newfield’s Empirical Analysis
482 F.2d 210 · 1973
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently May 2011
13 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
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 285
Relies on Gotthelf v. Commissioner · International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers v. Hardeman · Purer & Co. v. Aktiebolaget Addo · Indiana General Corp. v. Krystinel 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“such misconduct upon the part of the losing party as to constitute fraud upon the Patent Office or so unfair and reckless as to make it unconscionable for the prevailing party to sustain the expense of counsel.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(t)he court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party.”
2 later decisions 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.