美国新专利法下的“现有技术”（下）

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3. 第二类现有技术及其例外情形

AIA §102（a）（2）规定，一项所请发明（claimed invention），若在其有效申请日之前已经被授权的专利（§151）或公开/被视为公开的专利申请[§122（b）]描述，且此专利或专利申请是由其他发明人有效提出[the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151， or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122（b）， in which the patent or application， as the case may be， names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention]1，则该发明的新颖性已丧失，不能授予专利。（剩余3595字）