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) Petition to make Special (4.03.21p)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #21 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 21. In accordance with the USPTO rules and the procedures set forth in the MPEP, a petition to make a patent application special may be filed without fee in which of the following cases? […]

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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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Q) Inventor (4.03.15p)

April 8, 2010

Recent test takers report question #15 from the October 2003 (pm) exam is in the Patent Bar database of tested questions. 15. Able conceived the invention claimed in a patent application. In conceiving the invention, Able used and adopted ideas and materials known in the art and invented by others. Ben, Able’s employee, reduced the […]

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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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