Patently-O
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
” The invention was not yet “ready for patenting” and therefore its public use was not disqualifying. .” ” The invention was not yet “ready for patenting” and therefore its public use was not disqualifying. ” See, Delano Farms Co. 3d 1243 (Fed. 3d 1376 (Fed.
Garrigues Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
One of the most effective ways of obtaining the revocation is to prove “prior public use”. One of them is undoubtedly, “prior public use”, since unless the case is very evident, the EPO is not usually able to collect this type of evidence as a result of the search that it conducts for the state of the art during the grant procedure.
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Patently-O
AUGUST 13, 2021
The 1836 Patent Act added the caveat that no patent should issue on an invention previously “described in any printed publication.” A new petition asks the court to examine the phrase again and help define when a document crosses the publication threshold. 102(a)(1). Centripetal Networks, Inc. 869, 877 (Fed.
Trading Secrets
APRIL 18, 2023
In our AI-driven world, we might rephrase it as: If we share our secrets with an AI language model like ChatGPT, but the information remains unused, does it count as trade secret disclosure or public disclosure of an invention? Spoiler alert: sharing invention details with ChatGPT does not count as public use or on sale.
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).
LexBlog IP
APRIL 18, 2023
In our AI-driven world, we might rephrase it as: If we share our secrets with an AI language model like ChatGPT, but the information remains unused, does it count as trade secret disclosure or public disclosure of an invention? Spoiler alert: sharing invention details with ChatGPT does not count as public use or on sale.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 18, 2023
In our AI-driven world, we might rephrase it as: If we share our secrets with an AI language model like ChatGPT, but the information remains unused, does it count as trade secret disclosure or public disclosure of an invention? Spoiler alert: sharing invention details with ChatGPT does not count as public use or on sale.
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