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Is it Prior Art? Check the Provisional Application!

By Takuma Nishimura on May 20, 2025
Posted in Federal Circuit Cases, Patents, PTAB

This Federal Circuit Opinion analyzed collateral estoppel and the extent to which the non-provisional document would benefit from the provisional application’s priority date, as it relates to Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 102(e).Continue Reading Is it Prior Art? Check the Provisional Application!

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