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5 Key Takeaways | Making Sense of §102 Public Use and On Sale Bars to Patentability

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Kilpatrick’s Justin Krieger and Karam J. Saab recently presented at the “23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Law Institute” in Westminster, Colorado. This two-day event brings together thought...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Under Lock And Key – Private Sales May Not Qualify As Public Disclosure

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Recently, the Federal Circuit affirmed a PTAB decision finding that a private sale of a product did not constitute a public disclosure by the inventor of the product. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act provides exceptions...more

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A Private Sale Is Not Sufficient for Public Disclosure Under 35 USC 102(b)(2)(B)

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Before Dyk, Clevenger, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: An invention is not “publicly disclosed” under 35 USC 102(b)(2)(B) by the inventor’s private sale, even though a private sale may...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

MBHB Snippets: A review of developments in Intellectual Property Law - Volume 14, Issue 2 (Spring 2016)

Pre-AIA and Post-AIA Issues Presented by the On-Sale Bar - The “on-sale” bar to patentability refers to a sale or offer for sale of an invention that can invalidate the patent for that invention. The...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Pre-AIA and Post-AIA Issues Presented by the On-Sale Bar

The “on-sale” bar to patentability refers to a sale or offer for sale of an invention that can invalidate the patent for that invention. The America-Invents-Act (AIA), which altered the language in the statutes that apply to...more

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