Wyers v. Master Lock Co.’s Empirical Analysis
616 F.3d 1231 · 2010
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 22 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 103
Relies on Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · United States v. Gaudin · KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. · McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander · In re Gartside
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 115 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he legal determination of obviousness may include recourse to logic, judgment, and common sense, in lieu of expert testimony.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the scope and content of the prior art, (2) the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue, (3) the level of ordinary skill in the art, and (4) any relevant secondary considerations, such as commercial success, long felt but unsolved needs, and the failure of others.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[r]igid preventative rules that deny factfinders recourse to common sense ... are neither necessary under our case law nor consistent with it.”
3 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.