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prior art definition

prior art means the art at a date immediately prior to the filing date or, where appropriate, the priority date of an application claiming the invention.
prior art means knowledge which is publicly known and used by others or is available, on the date of the invention, to a person of ordinary skill in the art, and includes what would be obvious from that knowledge;
prior art means anything that constitutes Prior Art under any subsection of 35

More Definitions of prior art

prior art means “[k]nowledge that is publicly known, used by others, or available on the date of invention to a person of ordinary skill in an art, including what would be obvious from that knowledge. Prior art includes (1) information in applications for previously patented inventions; (2) information that was published more than one year before a patent application is filed; and (3) information in other patent applications and inventor’s certificates filed more than a year before the application is filed. The [USPTO] and courts analyze prior art before deciding the patentability of a comparable invention.” Id.
prior art means “Knowledge that is publicly known, used by others, or available on the date of invention to a person of ordinary skill in an art, including what would be obvious from that knowledge.
prior art with respect to determining whether a compound is a Derivative Compound shall be determined by using the standards of patentability of such compound with respect to either chemical or biological activity.
prior art means the body of technical knowledge that has been made public by oral or written description, by use or by any other means of dissemination or information, within the country or abroad;
prior art means all references, publications, patents, physical specimens, uses, sales, offers for sale or other activities relating to the subject matter of any patent-in-suit and existing or occurring at a date such as to be potentially relevant under any subsection of 35 U.S.C. §§ 102, 103, or 112, including, but not limited to, all items identified by others as alleged or potential Prior Art.
prior art means any patent, publication, device, or activity which may fall within the scope of 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and/or 103.
prior art to any Asserted Patent shall mean all Things, patents, publications, disclosures, sales, or other acts or occurrences included within the broadest meaning of the version of 35 U.S.C. § 102 (or any subpart thereof) and 35 U.S.C. § 103 applicable to such Asserted Patent, and all case law interpreting that meaning. For the avoidance of doubt, “Prior Art” may take any form and shall include, without limitation, articles, publications, contracts, presentation materials, products, product-related documents, marketing materials, educational materials, public uses, pamphlets, manuals, devices, instruments, and United States and foreign patents and patent applications.