...original or first inventor, his patent shall not be refused or held void by reason of the invention having been known or used in a foreign country, before his invention or discovery, if it had not been patented or described in a printed publication. The effect of this section is that...

...believed himself to be the original and first inventor or discoverer of the thing patented, the same shall not be held to be void on account of the invention or discovery, or any part thereof, haying been known or used in a foreign country, before his invention or discovery thereof, if it had...

...believed himself to be the original and first inventor of the thing patented, his patent shall not be held void "on account of the invention or discovery, or...been patented or described in a printed publication." So also in section 4920, providing what the defendant may plead under the general issue in aciions...

...— RIGHT TO PATENT — USE OF INVENTION IN FOREIGN COUNTRY. which expressly provides that a patent shall not be held to be void on account of the invention...having been known or used in a foreign country before the patentee's invention or discovery thereof if it had not been patented or described in a printed...

...believed himself to be the original and first inventor or discoverer of the thing patented, the same shall not be held to be void on account of the invention...part thereof, having been known or used in a foreign 6 Section K)2(g) provides that a person shall be entitled to a patent unless — before the applicant's...

...18. 9 Walterscneid, op cit.. 64 JPOS at 46X. 10 1 17 F.Supp. 932, 100 USPQ 413. 11 WO USPQ at 423. country, before his invention or discovery thereof,...been patented or described in a printed publication. The interpretation to be given to this language in former 35 USC 72 was suggested more than a century...

...discovery or any part thereof having been known or used in a foreign country before the patentee's invention or discovery thereof if it had not been patented or described in a printed publication, for the purpose of defeating a patent application a previous reduction to practice of the invention...

...application, believed himself to be the first inventor or discoverer, a patent will not be refused ou account of the invention or discovery, or any part thereof, having been Known or used in any foreign country before his invention or discovery thereof, if it had not been before patented or...

...application, believed himself to be the first inventor or discoverer, a patent will not be refused on account of the invention or discovery, or any part thereof, having been Known or used in any foreign country before his invention or discovery thereof, if it had not been before patented or...

...patent, believed himself to be the first inventor or discoverer of the thing patented, the same shall not be void on account of the invention or discovery, or any part thereof, having been before known or used in any foreign country ; it not appearing that the same, or any substantial part...