Appeal No. 97-2481
Application No. 08/480,964
not himself invent the subject matter sought
to be patented." This is a derivation
provision, which provides that one may not
obtain a patent on that which is obtained
from someone else whose possession of the
subject matter is inherently "prior." It
does not pertain only to public knowledge,
but also applies to private communications
between the inventor and another which may
never become public.
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