Exam Questions

Electric Fan and Lamp

August 16, 2007

Does anyone have any more information regarding this question? One question i got was that a practitioner files design patent app with a base connected to a fan connected to a lamp. They are connected in their center. The drawing is shown as three saucers connected to each other. Examiner finds reference with same design. […]

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Q) Japanese Patent – PCT (1800)

August 10, 2007

Question #1) Japanese Application (45 days); Application under Non-Pub Request filed in JP, Unlicensed foreign filing – 45 days to correct – 10/03 AM 44 – Japan application filed after request for nonpublication results in abandonment of US filing b/c no notice filed in 45 days, Japanese app exceeding 45-day window to correct promise not […]

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Q) Design Patent in Country X (10.03.27p)

July 4, 2007

Question #29 from the October 2003 (PM) patent bar exam is in the Prometric database. On Thursday, February 6, 2003, applicant files an application for a design patent in Country X, which issues the patent on the filing date. In accordance with the patent laws, rules and the procedures as related in the MPEP, what […]

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Q) Lancer Toothbrush (4.03.33a)

July 3, 2007

Question #33 from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is in the Prometric database. A claim in a pending patent application for an electric toothbrush is rejected under 35 USC 102 as being anticipated by a U.S. Patent, which was issued to Lancer, the soel name inventor, for a similar electric toothbrush. The Lancer […]

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Q) Tommie and Jo (4.00.23a/4.00.24a)

July 2, 2007

Questions #23 and #24 from the April 2000 (AM) patent bar exam are in the Prometric database. Please answer questions 23 and 24 based on the following facts. Jo invented a new and unobvious technique for inexpensively manufacturing a chemical that has been used in paper mills for years to bleach paper. Tommie developed a […]

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Q) Means plus Function (variant of Q36 Door Handle)

June 29, 2007

Means plus function, determining equivalence 8/10/2007 Question asking how to determine equivalence in a means-plus-function situation. Posed in the form: which of the following are in accord with MPEP. I found MPEP 2183 to have the answers verbatim. 2183 MAKING A PRIMA FACIE CASE OF EQUIVALENCE If the examiner finds that a prior art element […]

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