  Measurements of heavy flavor production and decay have featured prominently
in the early results from the four large LHC experiments: ALICE, ATLAS, CMS,
and LHCb. These results provide tests of QCD models in a new energy region and
point the way toward future measurements of CP violation and searches for new
physics. An overview of open heavy flavor studies is presented here, focusing
on how the new measurements extend our knowledge of this area of physics. Heavy
quarkonia states at the LHC are summarized in other proceedings of this
conference. I also discuss briefly how heavy flavor measurements are likely to
evolve as LHC luminosities increase.
