 A person shall be entitled to a patent unless — (a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent,...  United States Code - Page 8673by United States - 1971Full view - About this book
 | Barry Leonard - 1999 - 89 pages
...it must be new as defined in the patent law, which provides that an invention cannot be patented if: "(a) the invention was known or used by others in...sale in this country more than one year prior to the application for patent in the United States ..." If the invention has been described in a printed publication... | |
 | J. Michael Thesz - Technology & Engineering - 1997 - 1508 pages
...printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for a patent, or (b) the invention was patented or described...sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of application for patent in the United States, or (c) he has abandoned the invention, or (d)... | |
 | Phillipe Ducor - Law - 1998 - 200 pages
...thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title Section 102. Conditions for patentability; novelty and loss...invention was first patented or caused to be patented, or was the subject of an inventor's certificate, by the applicant or his legal representatives or assigns... | |
 | Patrick J. Flinn - Law - 2000 - 1388 pages
...inventor under any of the following circumstances, all of which address the novelty of the invention: (a) the invention was known or used by others in this...the date of the application for patent in the United States,14 1 or (f) he did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented, or (g) before... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - History - 2002 - 128 pages
...35). One of the specific grounds for refusing a patent is stated in 35 USC 102(b) as follows: ". . . the invention was patented or described in a printed...the application for patent in the United States." The policy decision of the USPTO to apply section 102(b) to plant patent applications appears to be... | |
 | Anthony L. Miele - Law - 2002 - 261 pages
...Ihu invencitm tiieteof ty die applicant forpntenl, -ur SELECT SECTIONS OF THE PATENT LAWS PATENT LAWS (b) the invention was patented or described in a printed...sale in this country, more than one year prior to Ehe date of the application for patent in the United States, or (c) he has abandoned the invention,... | |
 | J. M. Finger, Philip Schuler - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 263 pages
...holders are indigenous (WIPO 2002a). 16. In terms of the Patents Act, an invention cannot be patented if "(a) the invention was known or used by others in...sale in this country more than one year prior to the application for patent in the United States" (35 USC § 102, emphasis added). 17. Article 52(1) of... | |
 | Rachel Gader-Shafran - Law - 2004 - 734 pages
...this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or Part II- 10 (b) the invention was patented or described in a printed...invention was first patented or caused to be patented, or was the subject of an inventor's certificate, by the applicant or his legal representatives or assigns... | |
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