LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

9,186,208 on surgical devices for a procedure called endometrial ablation were anticipated under the public use bar of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § Minerva did not disclose the devices under any confidentiality obligations, despite the commercial nature of the event. § 102(b).

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IP Intelligence

JULY 19, 2024

The USPTO begins with a review of the duties of candor and good faith, confidentiality, and export regulations. Patent claims, for example, require that all claims have a significant contribution by a human inventor. 2] Practitioners and inventors alike must therefore remain vigilant about their AI products (e.g.,

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

the Supreme Court held that an inventor’s sale of an invention to a third party who is obligated to keep the invention confidential can create an on-sale bar under AIA §102(a). In its 2018 decision in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. , ” 35 U.S.C. § § 102(b) (pre-AIA).

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Patently-O

AUGUST 5, 2024

Kaijet Technology International Limited, Inc. , 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.” 2023-1336 (Fed. July 31, 2024).

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The inventor of the invention and the corresponding contract number that the agreement was conceived under. Identification of any publication, sale, offer for sale, or public use of the subject invention, or publication of the invention. The nations in which the Contractor seeks to file the patent application.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This approach contrasts with the Board of Appeal decision in T 1158/20 which controversially found that G 1/21 could be dynamically interpreted (or to put it less favourably, ignored) in view of the significant improvements in ViCo technology. Bad cases make bad law: Has DABUS "the AI inventor" actually invented anything?

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