GS Cleantech Corp. v. Adkins Energy LLC
951 F.3d 13102020 USPQ2d 10092Fed. Cir.
AI-generated holding
Information about public uses, sales, and other commercialization activities can be material to patentability and must be disclosed; a deliberate decision to withhold material information about an offer for sale and reduction to practice implicating the on-sale bar supports a determination of inequitable conduct.
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Cited by the manual
2 sections§ 2004→§ 2015→
Aids to Compliance With Duty of Disclosure
“materiality of public uses and sales information to duty of disclosure”
Duties of Disclosure and Reasonable Inquiry Arise in Dealings With Other Government Agencies
“withholding material commercialization information supports inequitable conduct”