What best describes the public use doctrine relative to patents?
A) Patents will not be granted for items that have been used by the public for more than one
year before the patent application was filed.
B) Patent protection will be lost if a member of the public successfully discovers how to
build the patented item through reverse engineering.
C) The public is allowed to engage in limited use of a patented invention without being held
liable for damages.
D) Patent protection is lost if the patented item becomes used by the public after the patent is
granted.
E) Once a patent is granted, it will be lost if the patented item is not made available to the
public within one year after the patent is granted.
A
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