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Advanced Topics in Comparative Patent Law Adam Mossoff Professor of Law Antonin Scalia Law School George Mason University JM/LLM in Intellectual Property Law and Management National Law University Delhi Spring Term 2025

Novelty – 2 Statutes in U.S. America Invents Act (took effect on March 16, 2013): § 102(a) NOVELTY; PRIOR ART.—A person shall be entitled to a patent unless— (1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention; … Patent Act of 1952: § 102 A person shall be entitled to a patent unless — (a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or (b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent in the United States, ….