100 - Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing

Question 1

Files which are always available are:

Answer 1

1. Issued patent or published application
2. Reissue application
3. Reexamination
4. Interference file after award of priority, or interference has been terminated, and there is an issued patent involved in the interference

Question 2

The fee for obtaining status is

Answer 2

Zero

Question 3

An unpublished abandoned application can be accessed if it is _____________ in an issued U.S. patent

Answer 3

Referred to

Question 4

An “as filed” copy of a pending unpublished application can be obtained without service if it is in whole __________ an issued patent

Answer 4

incorporated by reference into

Question 5

The three ways to obtain a foreign filing license are?

Answer 5

1. Passage of six months from filing
2. On filing receipt
3. Filing a petition