•One Year Grace Period (35 U.S.C.
102(b))
–This provision exempts an
inventor’s disclosures from prior art, if within one year before
the filing date of the application
•Patent Term Adjustment (35
U.S.C. 154)
–If the USPTO delays examination
of a patent application, the term of a patent can be
adjusted to compensate the patentee for the delay.