In re Cramblet’s Empirical Analysis
62 F.2d 358 · 1932
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently April 1974
1 federal appellate ·
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
Relies on Topliff v. Topliff · Skelly Oil Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co. · Hillard v. Fisher Book Typewriter · Stead Lens Co. v. Kryptok Co. · Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. v. Wood
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * ‘Statements in a prior application relied on to prove anticipation must be so clear and explicit that those skilled in the art will have no difficulty in ascertaining their meaning. Where they are so vague, involved, intricate and contradictory that experts disagree radically as to their meaning and, following the instructions given, construct devices differing in fundamental features, it is safe to reject such a document as an anticipation.’ Hillard v. Fisher, etc., Co. (C.C.A.) 159 F. 439 , 441. * * * ””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“had no conception of a cup entirely segregated from the switch envelope.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“cup * * is suspended from the wall as by mounting it to the electrode”
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.