35 USC 102(b)(1)

35 USC 102 section (B), subsection 1

“a disclosure made one year or less before the effective filing date of a claimed invention shall not be prior art to the claimed invention under the novelty section if:

• the disclosure was made by the inventor or a joint inventor or another who obtained the disclosed subject matter from the inventor or a joint inventor; any of these parties had publicly disclosed the subject matter before the one-year or less disclosure limit.”

There are a few terms you should understand:

• disclosure
• Inventor
• one year or less