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Q) Amendment after Appeal (4.03.38p)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #38 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 38. In accordance with USPTO rules and the procedures set forth in the MPEP, an amendment filed with or after a notice of appeal under 37 CFR 1.191(a), but before jurisdiction has passed to […]

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Q) Public Use (4-03-36)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #36 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 36. Which of the following is not a policy underlying the public use bar of 35 USC 102(b)? (A) Discouraging the removal, from the public domain, of inventions that the public reasonably has come […]

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Q) Appeal Brief (4.03.23p)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #23 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 23. The claims in a patent application having been twice or finally rejected, the applicant files a timely Notice of Appeal on January 2, 2003. In accordance with USPTO rules and procedures set forth […]

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Q) Foreign Priority (4.03.22p)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #22 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 22. The Potter patent application was filed on June 6, 2002, claiming subject matter invented by Potter. The Potter application properly claims priority to a German application filed on June 6, 2001. In a […]

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Q) Interviews (4.03.20p)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #20 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 20. Inventor Joe is anxious to get a patent with the broadest claim coverage possible for the invention. Joe retained a registered practitioner, Jane, to obtain the advantage of legal counsel in obtaining broad […]

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Q) 35 USC101 (4.03.19p)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #19 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 19. In connection with the utility of an invention described in a patent application, which of the following conforms to the USPTO rules and the procedure set forth in the MPEP? (A) A deficiency […]

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