For sale, or not for sale- That is the question in Larry G. Junker v. Medical Components Inc. et al., case that started in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern.
A medical device patentee has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to save his design patent, related to an introducer sheath handle, from invalidity based on application of the “on-sale” bar,.
Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) further explained the "on-sale" bar in Junker v. Medical Components, Inc., Case No. 2021-1649 (Feb. 10, 2022).