abstract:An invention disclosure, or invention disclosure report, is a confidential document written by a scientist or engineer for use by a company's patent department, or by an external patent attorney, to determine whether patent protection should be sought for the described invention. George C.
"Publicly available" includesselling the invention, giving a lecture about it, showingitto an investorwithouta non-disclosureagreement (NDA), publishing itin a magazine, and so on.
On the other hand, suppose that Company A describes the invention in detail (or in more formal terms, provides a disclosure) at a trade show, before a disclosure or a filing by the second company.