Public use, even without explicit public disclosure, is patent bar under pre-AIA § 102(b)

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment of invalidity under the pre-America Invents Act (AIA) on sale bar, holding that a third party sale to the public of a product embodying a patented method and apparatus can trigger invalidity even where details of the invention were not expressly disclosed.... By: McDermott Will & Schulte