In re Buehler’s Empirical Analysis
515 F.2d 1134 · 1975
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 103
Relies on Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · Application of Virgil W. Vogel and Paul W. Vogel · In re Rosenberger · In re van Venrooy · 181 F. Supp. 919 - Harpman v. Watson
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.