Invention Inventor IP Public Use 
Patently-O
MAY 19, 2022
a) the invention was … patented or described in a printed publication … before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or. (b) 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.
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. § The Federal Circuit then pointed out that at the time of the public use, the technology was “ready for patenting.” § 102(b).
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IP Intelligence
JULY 19, 2024
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued guidance on the use of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, in Intellectual Property (IP) practices involving documents filed at the USPTO. Patent claims, for example, require that all claims have a significant contribution by a human inventor.
LexBlog IP
OCTOBER 3, 2022
The act also establishes the rights for businesses and nonprofits to patent and commercialize inventions developed within the scope of the funding agreement. In exchange for the funding agreement, contractors must disclose any invention conceived or reduced to practice under the funding agreement to the funding agency.
LexBlog IP
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grants patents to inventions every day. Important requirements must be met in order for an invention to be patented. Usefulness: This is a low bar to meet, fortunately. It doesn’t mean the invention has to provide some important use.
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).
Garrigues Blog
JANUARY 12, 2022
The owner of a patent cannot enforce their rights against those who used the invention covered by the patent or made serious preparations for such use before the priority date. All of us at the Garrigues IP Blog would like to wish you a very happy new year. What is the right of prior use or “pre-use”?
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