Q) Inventor Refused to Sign (10.03.12a)

April 8, 2010

Test takers report a variation of question #12 from the October 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is in the Prometric database. 12. Inventors B and C are employed by Corporation D, which authorized registered practitioner E to prepare and file a patent application claiming subject matter invented by B and C. Inventor B signed the oath, an […]

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Q) Prior Art Exclusion of 35 USC 103(c) (10.03.11a)

April 8, 2010

Test takers report a variation of question #11 from the October 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is in the Prometric database. 11. Application A was filed after November 29, 2000. Reference X and application A were commonly owned at the time the invention of application A was made. In accordance with the patent laws, rules and procedures […]

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Q) 112, second paragraph (10.03.10a)

April 8, 2010

Test takers report a variation of question #10 from the October 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is in the Prometric database. 10. In accordance with the patent laws, rules and procedures as related in the MPEP, definiteness of claim language under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph must be analyzed, not in a vacuum, but in light of: […]

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Q) Printed Publication (4.03.46p)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #46 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 46. In accordance with USPTO rules and procedures set forth in the MPEP, which of the following is not a “printed publication” under 35 USC 102(b), with respect to a patent application filed June […]

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Q) Prior Art after Notice of Allowance (4.03.45p)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #45 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 45. Al files an application for a patent. After the Notice of Allowance is mailed and the issue fee has been paid Al discovers a prior art reference which is material to patentability. What […]

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Q) Practice (4.03.44p)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #44 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 44. In accordance with the USPTO rules and the procedures set forth in the MPEP, which of the following, if any, is true? (A) The loser in an interference in the PTO is estopped […]

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