Art Invention Patent Public Use 
Garrigues Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
The opposition procedure for European patents, enables third parties, within nine months of the publication of the mention of the grant of the patent, to oppose that patent at the European Patent Office (EPO). One of the most effective ways of obtaining the revocation is to prove “prior public use”.
The IPKat
JANUARY 31, 2023
The patent was for a tablet formulation that had been given to patients in a clinical trial conducted before the patent had been filed. The question became whether the patients could be considered members of the public, and whether their participation in the clinical trial therefore constituted prior public use of the formulation.
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Larson & Larson
FEBRUARY 13, 2021
A high number of patent applications are given a non-final rejection from the USPTO according to Yale. Often, the reason that the patent office will cite for rejecting an application is the presence of prior art. This makes the term ‘prior art’ an important concept for inventors to understand. Exceptions.
Patently-O
MAY 19, 2022
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)
Patently-O
AUGUST 22, 2022
For our patent law course today, the students read the Justice O’Connor unanimous opinion in Bonito Boats, Inc. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law. 141 (1989).
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.” Hologic, Inc., § 102(b).
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Addressing the public use bar of pre-America-Invents-Act (AIA) 35 U.S.C. § Minerva Surgical, Inc.
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