In re Carter’s Empirical Analysis
673 F.2d 1378 · 1982
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
April 2014
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 171
Relies on United States v. Rea · In re Nalbandian · In re Laverne · In re Glavas · In re Glavas
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“so related that the appearance of certain ornamental features in one ... would have suggested application of those features to another.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“a designer of ordinary skill who designs articles of the type involved.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“so closely related that the adoption of features therein for modification of the [claimed] design would be readily suggested”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Joseph Borden
How this case has been treated — in progress
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