Statute treatment: 35 U.S.C. § 293

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 258 citation events across 80 distinct cases.

258citations total

80distinct interpreting cases

28distinct courts

32citations in last 5y

1955–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Avocent Huntsville Corp. v. Aten Intern. Co., Ltd. (2008) cafc 199 own cites 8× in case

#2 National Patent Development Corporation v. T.J. Smith & Nephew Limited (1989) cadc 21 own cites 12× in case

#3 Hanes Corporation, a North Carolina Corporation v. Julien Millard (1976) cadc 156 own cites 4× in case

#4 Autogenomics, Inc. v. Oxford Gene Technology Ltd. (2009) cafc 145 own cites 4× in case

#5 Riker Laboratories, Inc., a Corporation of Delaware v. Gist-Brocades N. v. a Corporation of the Netherlands (1980) cadc 17 own cites 9× in case

#6 Edward F. Neidhart v. Neidhart S.A. The George Hyman Construction Company v. Spiroll Corporation, Ltd (1975) cadc 12 own cites 9× in case

#7 Hans Oetiker v. Jurid Werke, G. M. B. H (1977) cadc 83 own cites 3× in case

#8 Purdue Research Foundation v. Sanofi-Synthelabo, S.A. (2004) dcd 12 own cites 8× in case

#9 Japan Gas Lighter Association v. Ronson Corp. (1966) njd 96 own cites 2× in case

#10 Touchcom, Inc. v. Bereskin & Parr (2009) cafc 91 own cites 2× in case

#11 Venmill Industries, Inc. v. ELM, Inc. (2015) mad 9 own cites 7× in case

#12 North Branch Products, Inc., a Michigan Corporation, of Millington, Michigan v. W. Reuen Fisher, Village of Entrance, Alberta, Canada (1960) cadc 51 own cites 2× in case

#13 The Akro Corporation v. Ken Luker (1995) cafc 240 own cites 1× in case

#14 North Branch Products, Inc. v. Fisher (1960) dcd 18 own cites 3× in case

#15 Deprenyl Animal Health, Inc. v. The University of Toronto Innovations Foundation (2002) cafc 120 own cites 1× in case

#16 In Re Papst Licensing Gmbh & Co. Kg Litigation (2008) dcd 24 own cites 2× in case

#17 Nova Biomedical Corporation v. Willi Moller, D/b/a/ Gebruder Moller Glasblaserei (1980) ca1 87 own cites 1× in case

#18 National Patent Development Corporation v. T.J. Smith & Nephew, Limited (1989) cadc 3 own cites 10× in case

#19 E.O.H.C. v. Secretary United States Depart (2020) ca3 56 own cites 1× in case

#20 Xilinx, Inc. v. Papst Licensing Gmbh & Co. Kg (2017) cafc 56 own cites 1× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.