Borror v. Herz’s Empirical Analysis
666 F.2d 569 · 1981
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently January 2023
1 federal appellate · 2 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 35 U.S.C. § 102
Relies on Reese v. Hurst · Linkow v. Linkow · Wiesner v. Weigert · Alexander v. Blackman · Dashiell v. Washington Market Co.
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“pitch” means the distance between the center line of one track to the center line of another track. 6 . Thomson has not claimed that there was no reduction to practice or a lack of diligence. Rather, Thomson rests its motion for JMOL on its contention that there is insufficient evidence in the record to support the jury's finding that each element of the representative claims was present in the MCA disc. 7 . The complete relevant quote in Borror follows: It is only in relationship with an inventor’s testimony that the sobriquet”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The law requires persuasion, not perfection.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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