35 USC 102(b)(1): Disclosure

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.”

• Disclosure: this encompasses all documents and activities that were considered prior art 

• Categories of prior art include (Documents)
  • issued patents
  • published applications
  • non-patent printed publications

• Included is evidence that the claimed invention was (Activities)
  • in public use
  • on sale
  • otherwise available.