5 Key Takeaways | Making Sense of §102 Public Use and On Sale Bars to Patentability
In Agilent Techs., Inc. v. Synthego Corp., the Federal Circuit addressed the difference between the enablement standard for an anticipatory prior art reference (under 35 U.S.C. § 102) and that for an applicant/patentee’s own...more
In a decision underscoring the distinct standards governing enablement under §§ 102 and 112, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s finding that a prior art reference was...more
Inter partes reviews (IPR) are limited by statute to grounds of invalidity under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 (novelty requirement) and 103 (nonobviousness requirement) and on the basis of prior art patents or printed publications....more