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Confidentiality restrictions around clinical trials and prior public use (T 0670/20)

The IPKat

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. Critically, to satisfy the prior use test, it is not necessary to show that a disclosure has in fact taken place.

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Prior Art: The Patent Pitfall

Larson & Larson

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.

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Guest Post by Profs. Masur & Ouellette: Public Use Without the Public Using

Patently-O

What is it that makes a usepublic” for purposes of the public use bar? Does it matter whether the person doing the using is a member of the public, as opposed to the inventor? Or does it matter whether the use is itself in public, as opposed to taking place in secret behind closed doors?

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The Inventive Entity and Prior Publication by Another

Patently-O

And the Question : Does the prior publication count as prior art in an IPR obviousness analysis? = = =. Although the Board granted the petition, it eventually concluded that the prior publication was not prior art and thus sided with the patentee in its final written decision. a) Novelty; Prior Art.—A

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Yes, A Secret Process Can (Still) Create an On-Sale Bar

IP Tech Blog

The pre-AIA version of the §102 on-sale bar stated that a person shall be entitled to a patent unless “(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent in the United States.”

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Yes, A Secret Process Can (Still) Create an On-Sale Bar

LexBlog IP

The pre-AIA version of the §102 on-sale bar stated that a person shall be entitled to a patent unless “(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent in the United States.”

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The IPKat EPO Boards of Appeal Year in Review 2022

The IPKat

Board of Appeal finds no legal basis for the requirement to amend the description in line with the claims (T1989/18) (26 Dec 2021) Can amending the description to summarize the prior art add matter to the patent application as filed? (T Whilst this year has seen some truly remarkable advances in machine learning technology (e.g.