2011 Invention Patent Application Public Use 
Patently-O
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
by Dennis Crouch Bottom line in this new Minerva case — file your patent application before bringing a new product to a trade show. Minerva’s ‘208 patent claims a device for endometrial ablation and includes a 2011 priority filing date. Still, the whole head needs to be collapsible as well.
Patently-O
MAY 19, 2022
Since the patents here are pre-AIA, we focus on the old Sections 102(a) and 102(b): Pre-AIA 102. A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —. (a) a) the invention was … patented or described in a printed publication … before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or. (b)
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