In re Gaertner’s Empirical Analysis
604 F.2d 1348 · 1979
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 101 · 35 U.S.C. § 112 · 35 U.S.C. § 184 · 35 U.S.C. § 185 · 35 U.S.C. § 186
Relies on Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States · Application of Marriott-Hot Shoppes, Inc. (Now by Change of Name, Marriott Corporation) · Beckman Instruments, Inc. v. Coleman Instruments, Inc. · Blake v. Bassick Company · Union Carbide Corporation v. Microtron Corporation
Most-quoted passages
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“essential to the identity of the invention”
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.