Eighteen-Month Publication
Prior art effect of published applications and patents under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
35 U.S.C. § 374 provides that:
The publication under the treaty defined in section 351(a) of this title, of an international application designating the United States shall confer the same rights and shall have the same effect under this title as an application for patent published under section 122(b),
except as provided in sections 102(e) and 154(d) of this title.