Confidentiality Inventor Marketing Public Use 
Larson & Larson
FEBRUARY 13, 2021
This makes the term ‘prior art’ an important concept for inventors to understand. It’s the legal term for ‘thing that is exactly like my thing that was in the public before I made my thing.’ If your invention is already on the market, you may be able to change it enough to still get your patent.
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.
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