Ruling by
Clarence ThomasLower Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for The Federal CircuitA 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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