What is a barring event?
The publication, use, offer for sale or sale of an invention anywhere in the world is known as a barring event, because if a year passes between one of these events and the date when a patent application is filed on the invention, the inventor is barred from patenting the invention in the US As explained above, a barring event may and often will immediately preclude NCSU or the inventor from seeking patent protection in a country other than the United States.
The publication, use, offer for sale or sale of an invention anywhere in the world is known as a barring event, because if a year passes between one of these events and the date when a patent application is filed on the invention, the inventor is barred from patenting the invention in the US As explained above, a barring event may and often will immediately preclude LEHIGH or the inventor from seeking patent protection in a country other than the United States.
