Lincoln Engineering Co. v. Stewart-Warner Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• combination not patentable if the elements “produce no new or different function or operation than that theretofore performed or produced by them”
• combination not patentable if the elements \produce no new or different function or operation than that theretofore performed or produced by them\
• “If this [new feature] were so vital an element ... it is strange that all mention of it was omitted [in the specification].”
• \If this [new feature] were so vital an element ... it is strange that all mention of it was omitted [in the specification].\
• “If this were so vital an element in the functioning of the apparatus, it is strange that all mention of it was omitted.”

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Cited by

351 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City
  Supreme Court· 1966-02-21· cited 3,371×
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1951-01-08· cited 1,146×
• Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co.
  Supreme Court· 1969-12-08· cited 282×
• Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker
  Supreme Court· 1946-11-18· cited 193×
• Jungersen v. Ostby & Barton Co.
  Supreme Court· 1949-01-03· cited 165×
• Smith v. Dravo Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 1953-05-11· cited 138×
• Toledo Pressed Steel Co. v. Standard Parts, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1939-05-29· cited 134×
• Armour & Co. v. Wilson & Co., Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1960-01-14· cited 116×
• Williams Manufacturing Co. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1942-05-25· cited 113×
• Harry A. Pursche v. Atlas Scraper and Engineering Co., a Corporation, Atlas Scraper and Engineering Co., a Corporation v. Harry A. Pursche
  Ninth Circuit· 1962-04-03· cited 105×
• Radio Steel & Mfg. Co. v. Mtd Products, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1984-03-29· cited 85×
• Packwood v. Briggs & Stratton Corp.
  Third Circuit· 1952-05-29· cited 72×
• Anton Lorenz v. F. W. Woolworth Co.
  Second Circuit· 1962-07-05· cited 63×
• Williams Mfg. Co. v. United Shoe MacH. Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1941-06-27· cited 62×
• Allied Wheel Products, Inc. v. Rude
  Sixth Circuit· 1953-06-17· cited 60×
• Powder Power Tool Corporation v. Powder Actuated Tool Company, Inc., and Frank J. Klunk
  Seventh Circuit· 1956-01-17· cited 57×
• Pointer v. Six Wheel Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1949-09-27· cited 57×
• Terrell J. Reese and Reese Products, Inc. v. Elkhart Welding and Boiler Works, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1971-08-16· cited 56×
• Schutt Manufacturing Co. v. Riddell, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-03-22· cited 56×
• Louis W. Parker, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Motorola, Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-12-08· cited 55×

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Burt v. Evory
  Supreme Court· 1890-02-03· cited 95×
• Heald v. Rice
  Supreme Court· 1882-03-18· cited 78×
• Underwood v. Gerber
  Supreme Court· 1893-05-01· cited 50×
• Brinkerhoff v. Aloe
  Supreme Court· 1892-12-12· cited 41×
• Ball & Socket Fastener Co. v. Kraetzer
  Supreme Court· 1893-11-06· cited 23×
• Gates Iron Works v. Fraser
  Supreme Court· 1894-05-14· cited 18×
• Union Edge Setter Co. v. Keith
  Supreme Court· 1891-04-06· cited 17×
• Langan v. Warren Axe & Tool Co.
  Third Circuit· 1911-02-02· cited 13×
• Stewart-Warner Corp. v. Rogers
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1936-06-29· cited 8×
• MacColl v. Knowles Loom Works
  First Circuit· 1899-05-31· cited 6×
• Stewart-Warner Corp. v. Le Vally
  N.D. Illinois· 1936-07-15· cited 5×
• Stewart-Warner Corp. v. Levally
  N.D. Illinois· 1936-10-05· cited 5×
• Robinson v. Tubular Woven Fabric Co.
  D. Rhode Island· 1917-03-31· cited 5×
• Troy Wagon Works Co. v. Ohio Trailer Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1921-07-27· cited 5×
• General Electric Co. v. Ohio Brass Co.
  Third Circuit· 1922-01-06· cited 4×
• Perry v. Co-Operative Foundry Co.
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York· 1882-05-08· cited 2×
• Troy Laundry Machinery Co. v. Bunnell
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York· 1886-06-24· cited 2×
• Jacques v. Universal Lubricating Systems, Inc.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1938-02-04· cited 2×
• Kursheedt Mfg. Co. v. Naday
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York· 1900-08-15· cited 2×
• Gates Iron-Works v. Fraser
  U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois· 1890-04-05· cited 2×

Other cases named Lincoln Engineering Co. v. Stewart-Warner Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Lincoln Engineering Co. v. Stewart-Warner Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1938-01-03