§ 102(e) after HR 22158November 14, 2002 A person shall be entitled to a patent unless — * * * * * (e) the invention was described in (1) an application for patent, published under section 122(b), by another filed in the United States before the invention by the applicant for patent or (2) a patent granted on an application for patent by another filed in the United States before the invention by the applicant for patent, except that an international application filed under the treaty defined in section 351(a) shall have the effects for the purposes of this subsection of an application filed in the United States only if the international application designated the United States and was published under Article 21(2) of such treaty in the English language; or (emphasis added) 1 Caveat: The relevant effective date provision of HR 2215 requires that the old (Pre-AIPA) §102(e) applies when the prior art reference is a patent issued (directly or indirectly) from an IA which was filed before 11/29/00.