In re GPAC Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
57 F.3d 1573 · 1995
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 19 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 108 later decisions — most recently September 2023 · most notably Wyers v. Master Lock Co. (2010), SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc. v. Cadus Pharmaceutical Corp. (2000)
29 federal appellate · 19 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 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 141
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · Vandygriff v. Phillips · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · Bibby v. United States
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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the scope and content of the prior art; (2) the level of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention; (3) objective evidence of nonobviousness; and (4) the differences between the prior art and the claimed subject matter. [Furthermore,] [i]n determining the scope and content of the prior art, “[w]hether a reference ... is ‘analogous’ is a fact question” that [the appellate court will] review for clear error.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“For objective evidence to be accorded substantial weight, its proponent must establish a nexus between the evidence and the merits of the claimed invention.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[M]ore than the mere fact of copying by an accused infringer is needed to make that action significant to a determination of the obviousness issue.'”
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.