Q) Missing Drawing (10.03.20a)

April 9, 2010

Test takers report a #20 from the October 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is in the current question pool. 20. On January 3, 2003, a registered practitioner filed a continuation application that includes a benefit claim to a prior-filed application. The practitioner simultaneously filed in the prior filed application an express abandonment in favor of […]

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Q) Obvious widget (10.03.17a)

April 9, 2010

Test takers report a #17  from the October 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is in the current question pool. 17. Inventor files an application containing the following original Claim 1: 1. A widget comprising element A, and element B. In a first Office action on the merits, a primary examiner rejects claim 1 under 35 […]

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Q) Claim Counting (10.03.50a)

April 9, 2010

Test takers report a #50  from the October 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is in the current question pool. 50. Ben hires a registered practitioner to prosecute his patent application. The practitioner drafted an application having fifteen claims. Claim 1 is independent, and each of claims 2-15 are singularly dependent upon claim 1. A proper non-final Office […]

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Q) Indefinite Claim (10.03.49a)

April 9, 2010

Test takers report a #49  from the October 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is in the current question pool. 49. Inventor files an application for a non-theoretical metal alloy. The application as originally filed contains the following Claim 1: 1. A metal alloy comprising at least 20% by volume of iron; at least 10% by volume […]

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Q) Printed Publication (10.03.46a)

April 9, 2010

Test takers report question #46 from the October 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is in the question database. 46. In accordance with the patent law, rules and procedures as related by the MPEP, which of the following is not a “printed publication” under 35 USC 102(b), with respect to a patent application filed June 1, 2002? (A) […]

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Q) Foreign Filing without Publication (10.03.44a)

April 9, 2010

Test takers report question #44  from the October 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is in the recent question database. 44. 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 the U.S. application has not and […]

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