A patent can be issued in the U.S. even if the invention is known outside of the U.S., so long as the party applying for the patent in the U.S. is the first to apply for it in the U.S. since patent protection is domestic.

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In the U.S., a patent can be denied if the invention has been publicly disclosed anywhere in the world before the patent application is filed, as U.S. patent law requires novelty and non-obviousness for an invention to be patentable.

A Patent Can Be Issued in the U