Q) Provisional Filing Requirements (4.03.40a)

April 10, 2010

Question #40 from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is reported by exam takers as a question in the current exam database. 40. In accordance with USPTO rules and the procedure set forth in the MPEP, which one of the following is not required for a provisional application filed in the USPTO? (A) A […]

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Q) Time for Filing an Appeal Brief (4.03.39a)

April 10, 2010

Question #39  from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is reported by exam takers as a question in the current exam database. 39. Applicant received a Final Rejection with a mail date of Tuesday, February 29, 2000. The Final Rejection set a 3 month shortened statutory period for reply. Applicant files an Amendment and […]

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Q) Mike and Alice are Shipwrecked (4.03.36a)

April 10, 2010

Question #36 from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is reported by exam takers as a question in the current exam database. 36. Mike and Alice, who are not related, are shipwrecked on a heretofore uninhabited and undiscovered island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. In order to signal for help, Mike invents […]

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Q) Verification (4.03.31a)

April 10, 2010

Question #31 from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is reported by exam takers as a question in the current exam database. 31. In accordance with the USPTO rules and the procedures set forth in the MPEP, which of the following documents, if any, must also contain a separate verification statement? (A) Small entity […]

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Q) Certificate of Mailing (4.03.29a)

April 10, 2010

Question #29 from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is reported by exam takers as a question in the current exam database. 29. In accordance with the USPTO rules and the procedures set forth in the MPEP, which of the following papers is precluded from receiving the benefit of a certificate of mailing or […]

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Q) IDS after Notice of Allowance (4.03.26a)

April 10, 2010

Question #26 from the April 2003 (AM) patent bar exam is reported by exam takers as a question in the current exam database. 26. A registered practitioner filed a utility application on February 11, 2002. On April 4, 2002, the practitioner filed an information disclosure statement (IDS) in the application. The practitioner received a notice […]

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