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Helsinn Healthcare S. A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

Ruling by

Clarence Thomas

Lower Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for The Federal Circuit
A commercial sale to a third party requiring them to keep an invention confidential may place an invention "on sale" under 35 U. S. C. Section 102(a), thus barring it from being patented.



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