Class Notes 2/18/2011(Fernando Rodriguez): Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:29, 18 February 2011

Important dates whe n filing a patent under 35 USC 102

a-----------b------------------------c--time

A) Date of invention (could be less than a year)

B) One year prior to application

C) File application

If its known or used by people in the US prior to the date of invention then its not patentable, it could also be patented or printed

If outside the US it has to be printed or patented for it to be not valid

Applicant has printed or patented before invention then it is invalid

Public use or sale in the US, as well as patented or printed

Foreign it still has to be patented or printed (more strict than the public use)

Proccess to treat the surface on the metal, sprayed on suface for better conditioning

Things produced by the secret process

Held: public sale. use off output > 1 year propr to appication is a bar (this is so as to not extend monopoly)

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 ==EGBERT v. LIPPMAN==
-:Public
+===Public===
 *No restrictions
 *Number doesn't matter (of invention)
 *Number of people doesn't matter
+*Small hidden part doesnt matter-----------dissent discussed
+===Not Public===
-:Not Public
 *Restrictions on use
 **secrecy
 **experiment
+==Metallizing Engineering v. Kenyon Bearing & Auto Parts==
+Proccess to treat the surface on the metal, sprayed on suface for better conditioning
+===Public===
+:Things produced by the secret process
+:Held: public sale. use off output > 1 year propr to appication is a bar (this is so as to not extend monopoly)