statutory bar

statutory bar. Patents. A patent-law provision that denies patent protection to inventors who wait too long to apply. • This “loss of right” may occur when an inventor publishes an article about the work, sells it, offers it for sale, or makes public use of the invention. The inventor has one year after the disclosure to apply for a patent. See BAR(7). Cf. GRACE PERIOD(2). [Cases: Patents 80. C.J.S. Patents §§ 105–106, 108–111.]
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