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.
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Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic, Inc.
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.
Mark A. Barry v. Medtronic, Inc.
An invention is not “ready for patenting” until the invention has been tested in a variety of settings and is known to work for its intended purpose.