Enactment Of AIA Did Not Change The On-Sale Bar, Federal Circuit Holds

(August 22, 2024, 10:19 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress did not intend to change the long-established interpretation of the on-sale bar by enacting the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) because textual changes brought on with the enactment of the AIA text did not materially affect the provision, a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found in affirming a decision from the U.S. International Trade Commission concerning artificial sweetener patents....