Adair v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis
668 F.3d 1334 · 2012
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Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 135
Relies on Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. · Corbett v. Chisholm · In re Berger · Parks v. Fine · Regents of the University of California v. University of Iowa Research Foundation
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A claim which is the same as, or for the same or substantially the same subject matter as, a claim of an issued patent may not be made in any application unless such a claim is made prior to one year from the date on which the patent was granted.”
1 later decision 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.