Conditions for patentability; novelty

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Title 35—PATENTS > PART II—PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS > CHAPTER 10—PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS

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the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention; or

( July 19, 1952, ch. 950 , 66 Stat. 797 ; Pub. L. 92–358, § 2 , July 28, 1972 , 86 Stat. 502 ; Pub. L. 94–131, § 5 , Nov. 14, 1975 , 89 Stat. 691 ; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§ 4505, 4806] , Nov. 29, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1536 , 1501A–565, 1501A–590; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13205(1) , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1902 ; Pub. L. 112–29, § 3(b)(1) , Sept. 16, 2011 , 125 Stat. 285 ; Pub. L. 112–211, title I, § 102(2) , Dec. 18, 2012 , 126 Stat. 1531 .)

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