In Re Diane M Dillon’s Empirical Analysis
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Relationships
Relies on United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens · Commissioner v. Engle · Eibel Process Co. v. Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co. · Holmes v. United States · Stratoflex, Inc. v. Aeroquip Corp.
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 prima facie case of obviousness is not deemed made unless both (1) the new compound or composition is structurally similar to the reference compound or composition and (2) there is some suggestion or expectation in the prior art that the new compound or composition will have the same or a similar utility as that discovered by the applicant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Diane M Dillon“it is clear from the combined teachings of these references ... that [Dillon's tetra-orthoesters] would operate to remove water from non-aqueous liquids by the same mechanism as the orthoesters of Sweeney.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Diane M Dillon“The claimed subject matter would have been prima facie obvious from the combined teachings of the references.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. In Re Diane M Dillon
How this case has been treated — in progress
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