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The on-sale bar of 35 U.S.C. 102(b) is triggered if the invention is both the subject of a commercial offer for sale not primarily for experimental purposes and; ready for patenting. Pfaff v. Wells Elecs., Inc., 525 U.S. 55, 67, 48 USPQ2d 1641, 1646-47 (1998).
U.S. Code Title 35, via United States Government Printing Office; U.S. Code Title 35, via Cornell University; U.S. Code Title 35, section 102, via BitLaw; Title 35 rendered in verse; The USPTO's Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, including explanations and interpretations of all of U.S. Code Title 35
Most of the US patent law is codified in Title 35 of the United States Code, as authorized by Article One, section 8, clause 8, which states: The Congress shall have power ... To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
The original patent term under the 1790 Patent Act was decided individually for each patent, but "not exceeding fourteen years". The 1836 Patent Act (5 Stat. 117, 119, 5) provided (in addition to the fourteen-year term) an extension "for the term of seven years from and after the expiration of the first term" in certain circumstances, when the inventor hasn't got "a reasonable remuneration for ...
In May 2015, the House Judiciary Committee approved with a majority vote the advancement of the bipartisan Innovation Act for later consideration on the Senate and House floor. H.R.9 is intended to amend title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections.
In the real world, copyright legislation seems simple enough -- don't steal something and claim it as your own work. Online, however, things are murkier. The EU Parliament recently passed a law ...
California Prop 35 explained: Funding for Medi-Cal services
Other amendments to Title 35 concern the renaming from "Patent Office" to "Patent and Trademark Office"; revised fee schedules for application and issue of patents; and modifications in procedures related to the protection of patents. § 121 of the Patent Act of 1952 was the first time, when the US Congress addressed the problem of double ...