The What Went Wrong feature in Chapter 12 focuses on Dippin' Dots, a company that sells ice cream snacks. Dippin' Dots lost the patent on its small beads of ice cream primarily because:
A) it failed to obtain permission from a patent holder that has "prior art" pertaining to the claims in its patent
B) it had sold its ice cream product one year prior to applying for a patent
C) it filed its patent application incorrectly
D) its patent infringes on the patent of a competitor
E) it failed to renew its patent on time

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Dippin' Dots lost the patent on its small beads of ice cream primarily because it had sold its ice cream product one year prior to applying for a patent. This violated the novelty requirement for obtaining a patent, which mandates that an invention must not have been publicly disclosed or sold for more than one year before filing a patent application.

The What Went Wrong Feature in Chapter 12 Focuses on Dippin