( August 22, 2024, 10:19 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D. C. — Congress did not intend to change the long-established interpretation of the on-sale bar by enacting the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) because textual changes brought on with the enactment of the AIA text did not materially affect the provision, a Federal Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals panel found in affirming a decision from the U. S. International Trade Commission concerning artificial sweetener patents. . . .