Under current U.S. patent law, certain activities by an inventor or others can negatively impact the inventor’s ability to obtain patent protection on their discovery. Such activities are articulated in 35 U.S.C. § 102 and include the on sale bar, the public use bar, and whether the invention was described in a “printed publication.” In …
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