Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1998-12-14

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*57 Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. Section 102(b) of the Patent Act of 1952 provides that no person is entitled to patent an “invention” that has been “on sale” more than one year before filing a patent application. <a class="footnote" href="#fn1" "fn1_ref"…

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