Tillotson, Ltd. v. Walbro Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
831 F.2d 1033 · 1987
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently July 2015 · most notably Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. (1995), Quantum Corporation v. Rodime Plc (1995)
10 federal appellate · 10 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. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 112 · 35 U.S.C. § 251 · 35 U.S.C. § 282
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · United States v. Diebold, Inc. · Marathon Oil Co. v. United States · Autogiro Co. of America v. United States · Hybritech Inc. v. Monoclonal Antibodies, Inc.
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a claim of a reissue application is broader in scope than the original claims if it contains within its scope any conceivable apparatus or process which would not have infringed the original patent ... A claim that is broader in any respect is considered to be broader than the original claims even though it may be narrower in other respects.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A claim that is broader in any respect is considered to be broader than the original claims even though it may be narrower in other respects.”
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.