以下為了閱讀方便分成102(a)(1)和102(a)(2)
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed
publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the
public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention;
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—
(1) DISCLOSURES MADE 1 YEAR OR LESS BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE FILING DATE OF THE
CLAIMED INVENTION.—A disclosure made 1 year or less before the effective
filing date of a claimed invention shall not be prior art to the claimed
invention under subsection (a)(1) if—
(A) the disclosure was made by the inventor or joint inventor or by another
who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly or indirectly from the
inventor or a joint inventor; or
(B) the subject matter disclosed had, before such disclosure, been publicly
disclosed by the inventor or a joint inventor or another who obtained the
subject matter disclosed directly or indirectly from the inventor or a joint
inventor.