Kappos v. Hyatt’s Empirical Analysis
566 U.S. 431 · 2012
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Federal Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 100 · 35 U.S.C. § 112 · 35 U.S.C. § 131 · 35 U.S.C. § 145 · 35 U.S.C. § 146 · 5 U.S.C. § 701 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on McKart v. United States · Morgan v. Daniels · Dickinson v. Zurko · Magwood v. Patterson · Butterworth v. United States ex rel. Hoe
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“either: (1) appeal[ed] the decision directly to [this court], pursuant to § 141 ; or (2) file[d] a civil action against the Director of the PTO in the United States District Court for the [Eastern District of Virginia] pursuant to § 145.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“This opportunity ... is significant, not the least because the PTO generally does not accept oral testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“set aside the PTO's factual findings only if they are 'unsupported by substantial evidence,'”
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.