In re WinGen LLC
Public display of an invention, in which the invention’s intended use is as ornamentation, more than a year before the filing of a patent constitutes a public use under pre-AIA guidelines.
Public display of an invention, in which the invention’s intended use is as ornamentation, more than a year before the filing of a patent constitutes a public use under pre-AIA guidelines.
Public use of an invention that is ready for patenting more than one year before filing patent application (pre-AIA) or prior to filing patent application (post-AIA) is a bar to patentability.