Q) NonProvisional Filing Date (10.03.1p)

April 10, 2010

Recent test takers report that question #1 from the October 2003 (PM) test is in the patent bar exam database. 1. In accordance with the patent laws, rules and procedures as related in the MPEP, for a nonprovisional application to receive a filing date in the USPTO under 37 CFR 1.53(b), all of the following must be […]

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Q) Enabling Disclosure (4.03.49a)

April 10, 2010

Question #49 from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is reported by exam takers as a question in the current exam question pool. 49. An examiner has advanced a reasonable basis for questioning the adequacy of the enabling disclosure in the specification of your client’s patent application, and has properly rejected all the claims […]

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Q) Claims may Not Contain (4.03.47a)

April 10, 2010

Question #47 from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is reported by exam takers as a question in the current exam database. 47. In accordance with USPTO rules and the procedures set forth in the MPEP, claims in a patent application may not contain: (A) chemical formulas. (B) mathematical equations. (C) drawings or flow […]

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Q) New Grounds of Rejection (4.03.45a)

April 10, 2010

Question #45 from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is reported by exam takers as a question in the current exam database. 45. An examiner’s answer, mailed on January 2, 2003, contains a new ground of rejection in violation of 37 CFR 1.193(a)(2). If an amendment or new evidence is needed to overcome the […]

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Q) Rejection, 35 USC 102(e) (4.03.42a)

April 10, 2010

Question #42 from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is reported by exam takers as a question in the current exam database. 42. Which of the following practices or procedures may be employed in accordance with the USPTO rules and the procedures set forth in the MPEP to overcome a rejection properly based on […]

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Q) Obvious (04.03.41a)

April 10, 2010

Question #41 from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is reported by exam takers as a question in the current exam database. 41. A claim in a pending patent application is rejected under 35 USC 103(a) as being obvious over Barry in view of Foreman. The Barry reference is a U.S. Patent that was […]

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