The on-sale bar of 35 U.S.C. 102 is a United States patent law term that means if an invention has been for sale for over one year, it is no longer patentable.
Read more about On-sale Bar: 35 U.S.C. 102(b), MPEP 2133.03(b) "On Sale" - 2100 Patentability
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