reconstruction
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 377 U.S. 422 - Wilbur-Ellis Co. v. Kuther · 1964Most cited · 81 citing opinions
patent law
The idea of 'reconstruction' in this context has the special connotation of those acts which would impinge on the patentee's right 'to exclude others from making,' 35 U.S.C. § 154, the article.
How often courts cite the case defining “reconstruction”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “reconstruction” — 81 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.