US Supreme Court backs the Federal Circuit’s pre-AIA on-sale bar interpretation

January 23 2019

The Helsinn v Teva decision confirms the on-sale bar applies to secret sales despite changed language in the AIA. This will particularly affect smaller companies that outsource manufacturing

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