Q) Smartner's Cell Phone (4.02.22p)

August 22, 2008

22. Patentee, Iam Smarter, filed and prosecuted his own nonprovisional patent application on November 29, 1999, and received a patent for his novel cellular phone on June 5, 2001. He was very eager to market his invention and spent the summer meeting with potential licensees of his cellular phone patent. Throughout the summer of 2001, […]

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Q) Roger Rocket (4.02.18p/4.02.19p/4.02.20p)

August 22, 2008

Roger Rocket is a designer of paper cups at Paper America. During his free time, he likes to attend baseball games at Yankee Stadium. One day, while seated in the stands, he caught a fly ball. He took the baseball home and played catch with his friends Andy Cannon, Orlando Torpedo, and Mariano Missle. Unfortunately […]

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Q) Henrietta's Camera (4.02.11p)

August 22, 2008

While vacationing in Mexico on April 14, 2001, Henrietta invented a camera that operated at high temperature and is waterproof. She carefully documented her invention and filed a provisional application in the USPTO on April 30, 2001. She conducted tests in which the camera withstood temperatures of up to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. However, when the […]

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Q) Diligence (4.02.4p)

August 22, 2008

4. Assume that conception of applicant’s complex invention occurred prior to the date of the reference, but reduction to practice occurred after the date of the reference. Which of the following is sufficient to overcome the reference in accordance with proper USPTO practice and procedure? (A) In a 37 CFR 1.131 affidavit or declaration, it […]

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Q) RCE (4.02.2p)

August 22, 2008

2. For purposes of determining whether a request for continued examination is in accordance with proper USPTO rules and procedure, in which of the following situations will prosecution be considered closed? (A) The last Office action is a final rejection. (B) The last Office action is an Office action under Ex Parte Quayle. (C) A […]

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Q) Broadening Reissue (10.02.12a)

August 22, 2008

12. Inventor A filed a patent application and assigned the entire interest in the application to his employer, MegaCorp. The application issued as a utility patent on July 9, 2002. In June 2004, MegaCorp’s management first learns that a second inventor, Inventor B, should have been named as a co-inventor with respect to at least […]

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