Putnam v. Hollender’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The defendants have not shown that the invention was complete and capable of producing the result sought to be accomplished. * * * The thing was inchoate, and rested in, experiment. The process pursued for its development failed to reach the point of consummation. However nearly Otto approximated to the end in view, he only made progress. The world derived no benefit from what he did. The recollection of it was stimulated by the success of De Quillfeldt’s invention. But for that, Otto’s structure would have still been reposing in the old trunk beneath the stairs, forgotten and worthless. ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Electrical Accumulator Co. v. Julien Electric Co.

2. ““The combination, substantially as before set forth, of llie compound stopper, the yoke, the lever, and the supporting device on the bottle, by means of three pivotal connections, upon which the said members can be turned relatively to each other without disconnecting either one from the other.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Putnam v. Keystone Bottle Stopper Co.