In re Bose’s Empirical Analysis
687 F.2d 432 · 1982
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Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 251 · 35 U.S.C. § 253 · 35 U.S.C. § 307 (§ 1 of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980)
Relies on McCormick Harvesting Mach Co v. C Aultman Co Same · In re Dien · In re Altenpohl · Bally Manufacturing Corp. v. Diamond
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When it is claimed that such patent is inoperative or invalid “by reason of the patentee claiming more or less than he had a right to claim in the patent," distinctly specifying the excess or insufficiency in the claims. [The phrase quoted is from 35 U.S.C. § 251 , first paragraph.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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