Talk:US Patent Law

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Note: regarding the key components of a patent, isn't the specification the key component. Technically the specification contains the claims as well as the description of the invention. That's what I read at the USPTO MPEP site.

Also, I believe there are a number of other defenses that can be listed under "Defenses" to infringement- for instance, contending that the patent is invalid becaue of a 102b bar or the disovery of additional prior art.

[edit] 1 yr clock for novelty or not?

The novelty text reads: "So when a magazine is sent to subscribers or a dissertation is shelved in a library, the one-year clock begins for any inventions described therein.", but the description says nothing about a 1 year clock. Which of the two is wrong? Irrevenant 10:45, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

I believe that this question is old, and the text of the novelty section already clarifies this point. However, to be certain, here goes: the "1 year clock" means that publication of an invention is not an absolute bar to filing a patent application in the United States. An inventor (meaning either the author of the publication or someone who came up with the invention before the author thought of it) can still file a patent application within one year of the publication. However, any patent application filed more than one year after publication of an invention should not be issued as a patent, and any such mistakenly issued patent is invalid. --Adubberley 01:34, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 100%

how is this article marked as 100%? it's nowhere near close to that.--Aosik 17:45, 7 July 2007 (UTC)