Ferag Ag v. Quipp Incorporated

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[T]he inventor is strictly held to the requirement that he file his patent application within one year of any attempt to commercialize the invention.”
• “The subjective, uncommunicated, and ultimate intention of the offeror, however clear, is not alone sufficient.”
• “Foremost [ ] is the policy of preventing inventors from exploiting the commercial value of their inventions while deferring the beginning of the statutory term.”
• “While a wide variety of factors may influence the on sale determination, no single one controls the application of section 102(b), for the ultimate conclusion depends on the totality of the circumstances.”
• sale of device meeting buyer’s specifications meets “on-sale” test, while “experimental” sales do not
• “key question” is “whether, under the totality of circumstances, the inventor placed his invention on sale, objectively manifested by a sale or offer for sale of a product that embodies the invention claimed in the patent”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).