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Q) Broadening Reissue (4.03.14p)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #14 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 14. Mark Twine obtains a patent directed to a machine for manufacturing string. The patent contains a single claim (Claim 1) which recites six claim elements. The entire interest in Twine’s patent is assigned […]

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Q) Small Entity Status (4.03.13p)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #13 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 13. Prior to filing a patent application for a client, a registered practitioner determined that the client was entitled to claim small entity status under 37 CFR 1.27. The practitioner filed a patent application […]

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Q) 35 USC 102(a) Rejection (4.03.5p)

April 7, 2010

Recent test takers report question #5 from the April 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 5. Which of the following practices or procedures may be properly employed in accordance with the USPTO rules and the procedures set forth in the MPEP to overcome a rejection properly based on 35 […]

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Q) Final Rejection Period for Reply (4.03.4p)

April 7, 2010

Recent test takers report question #4 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 4. The Office mailed an Office action containing a proper final rejection dated July 8, 2002. The Office action did not set a period for reply. On January 7, 2003, in reply to the […]

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Q) Issue fee transmittal form – XYZ Company (10.03.38p/4.03.11p)

April 7, 2010

Recent test takers report question #11 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 11. A registered practitioner properly recorded an assignment document for application A identifying XYZ Company as the assignee. The document assigns to XYZ Company the “subject matter claimed in Application A.” A proper restriction […]

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Q) Japan/nonpublication request/45 days (10.03.44a/4.03.2a)

April 7, 2010

Question #2 from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is reported by exam takers as a question in the current exam database. 2. A registered practitioner filed in the USPTO a client’s utility patent application on December 30, 2002. The application was filed with a request for nonpublication, certifying that the invention disclosed in […]

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