(August 19, 2024, 8:52 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The private sale of a product that contained the subject matter of a patent application that was filed several days later does not mean the application itself cannot be considered prior art because the sale did not result in the public disclosure of the inventive subject matter, a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found in affirming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) finding that a patent for a port apparatus used with electronic devices was obvious in light of the application....