Patently-O

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Bottom line in this new Minerva case — file your patent application before bringing a new product to a trade show. Minerva’s ‘208 patent claims a device for endometrial ablation and includes a 2011 priority filing date. Still, the whole head needs to be collapsible as well.

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Public Use Invention Patent Business 69

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. 333 (1881).

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Invention Inventor Art Public Use 111

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.

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Invention Inventor Art Patent 56