How does the AIA treat an inventor’s own prior use compared to pre-AIA law?
The AIA treats an inventor’s own prior use differently from pre-AIA law. Under the AIA, an inventor’s own public use is subject to the same rules as third-party public uses, but with important exceptions. The MPEP explains: “The public use provision of AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) thus has the same substantive scope, with respect to…
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