Art Patent Public Use 
Patently-O
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
What is it that makes a use “public” for purposes of the public use bar? Does it matter whether the person doing the using is a member of the public, as opposed to the inventor? Or does it matter whether the use is itself in public, as opposed to taking place in secret behind closed doors?
Garrigues Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
The opposition procedure for European patents, enables third parties, within nine months of the publication of the mention of the grant of the patent, to oppose that patent at the European Patent Office (EPO). One of the most effective ways of obtaining the revocation is to prove “prior public use”.
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The IPKat
JANUARY 31, 2023
The patent was for a tablet formulation that had been given to patients in a clinical trial conducted before the patent had been filed. The question became whether the patients could be considered members of the public, and whether their participation in the clinical trial therefore constituted prior public use of the formulation.
Patently-O
AUGUST 5, 2024
Kaijet highlights the narrowness of the pre-filing grace period (safe harbor) provision under the America Invents Act (AIA) and serves as a reminder that there are a number of patents that would have been valid under the pre-AIA patent system may no longer be valid under the current law. Sanho Corp. 2023-1336 (Fed. July 31, 2024). .”
Larson & Larson
FEBRUARY 13, 2021
A high number of patent applications are given a non-final rejection from the USPTO according to Yale. Often, the reason that the patent office will cite for rejecting an application is the presence of prior art. This makes the term ‘prior art’ an important concept for inventors to understand. Exceptions.
The IPKat
JANUARY 16, 2025
The case at issue concerned European patent EP2950075 , owned by Horiba Ltd, relating to an on-road running exhaust gas test apparatus. The patent claimed an apparatus for vehicle exhaust gas testing comprising an information processing unit connected to a display that could acquire and process running data during road tests.
Patently-O
AUGUST 22, 2022
For our patent law course today, the students read the Justice O’Connor unanimous opinion in Bonito Boats, Inc. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law. 141 (1989).
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