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Patent Application

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The Inventive Entity and Prior Publication by Another

Patently-O

MAY 19, 2022

(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication … more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent in the United States, or. We can quickly eliminate the 102(b) time-bar because the patent applications at issue here were filed within the one-year grace period.

Invention

Invention Inventor Art Patent

Federal Circuit Narrows AIA Grace Period: Public Disclosure Must Make Invention ‘Reasonably Available’

Patently-O

AUGUST 5, 2024

The basic holding is that the 102(a)(2)/(b)(2) safe harbor triggered by an inventor’s pre-filing “public disclosure” of the invention requires that the invention be made “reasonably available to the public.” ” Neither public uses nor private sales satisfy this requirement.

Invention

Invention Inventor Art Public Use

Intellectual Property Pulse

The Inventive Entity and Prior Publication by Another

Federal Circuit Narrows AIA Grace Period: Public Disclosure Must Make Invention ‘Reasonably Available’

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