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What is the requirement of "new" or "novel"?
New and novel have the same meaning. Specifically, one's invention is new or novel if the invention is not identical to a single invention found in the prior art. Any public disclosures or offers for sale of your invention more than one year prior to your filing for a patent are prior art. This is called the on-sale bar and is perhaps the single most common reason why an invention may not be new or novel.
Updated: 11/12/99
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