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Public use == “accessible to the public.”

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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. Minerva Surgical, Inc. ” In Motionless Keyboard Co.

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The Inventive Entity and Prior Publication by Another

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Cheyer & Martin (but not Moran) file for patent protection on aspects of the OAA that were not fully disclosed within the original publication. And the Question : Does the prior publication count as prior art in an IPR obviousness analysis? A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —. (a) Duncan Parking Techs.,