Statute treatment: 35 U. S. C. § 63

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 91 citation events across 73 distinct cases.

91citations total

73distinct interpreting cases

19distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1931–2006year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Sanford v. Kepner (1952) scotus 212 own cites 2× in case

#2 Standard Oil Development Co. v. Marzall, Commissioner of Patents (1950) cadc 50 own cites 3× in case

#3 Radio Corp. of America v. Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (1934) scotus 282 own cites 1× in case

#4 Goodwin v. Borg-Warner Corporation (1946) ca6 39 own cites 2× in case

#5 Abbott v. Coe (1939) cadc 124 own cites 1× in case

#6 Montecatini Edison, S.P.A. (A Corporation of Italy) v. Karl Ziegler, and E. I. Dupont De Nemours and Company (A Corporation of Delaware) (1973) cadc 23 own cites 2× in case

#7 Becket v. Coe (1938) cadc 21 own cites 2× in case

#8 Hoover Co. v. Coe (1945) scotus 74 own cites 1× in case

#9 Gold Seal Co. v. Weeks, Secretary of Commerce (1954) cadc 60 own cites 1× in case

#10 Gold Seal Company v. Weeks (1955) dcd 49 own cites 1× in case

#11 Nachod & United States Signal Co. v. Automatic Signal Corp. (1939) ca2 13 own cites 2× in case

#12 Century Distilling Co. v. Continental Distilling Corp. (Two Cases) (1953) ca3 38 own cites 1× in case

#13 Darrel A. Mazzari, and Michael T. Sheedy v. James E. Rogan, Director, Patent and Trademark Office (2003) cafc 36 own cites 1× in case

#14 Gordon Gould v. Donald J. Quigg, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks (1987) cafc 31 own cites 1× in case

#15 Hemphill Co. v. Coe (1941) cadc 27 own cites 1× in case

#16 General Motors Corp. v. Bendix Aviation Corp. (1954) innd 9 own cites 2× in case

#17 Decker v. Federal Trade Commission (1949) cadc 8 own cites 2× in case

#18 Alumatone Corporation v. Vitavar Corporation (1950) ccpa 4 own cites 3× in case

#19 Hans C. Bick, Inc. v. Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents (1958) cadc 6 own cites 2× in case

#20 Michigan Tool Co. v. Drummond (1938) dcd 6 own cites 2× 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.