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Speaking Too Soon: How An Early Price Quotation Cost Crown A Patent
In Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. v. Belvac Production Machinery, Inc., 2022-2299, 2022-2300 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 10, 2024) ("Decision"), the Federal Circuit examined a "quotation" letter under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. ยง 102(b) to determine if the letter constituted an on-sale bar of the patented inventions.
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