Public Demo at Trade Show Invalidated Patent
Addressing the public use bar of pre America Invents Act, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision to invalidate a patent because the owner’s disclosure of a prior art device at a trade show before the patent’s priority date was an invalidating prior public use.
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