In re Regel’s Empirical Analysis
526 F.2d 1399 · 1975
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
April 1989
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 112
Relies on In re Sinex · In re Bergel · Bergel · Monsanto Company v. Rohm and Haas Company · In re Stemniski
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he mere fact that it is possible to find two isolated disclosures which might be combined in such a way to produce a new compound does not necessarily render such production obvious unless the art also contains something to suggest the desirability of the proposed combination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]here must be some logical reason apparent from positive, concrete evidence of record which justifies a combination of primary and secondary references.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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