Chapter 200

Question 1

201

Answer 1

Types of Applications

Question 2

201.01

Answer 2

National Applications

Question 3

201.02

Answer 3

General terms used to describe applications

Question 4

201.04

Answer 4

Provisional application

Question 5

201.05

Answer 5

Reissue application

Question 6

201.06

Answer 6

Divisional application

Question 7

201.07

Answer 7

Continuation application

Question 8

201.08

Answer 8

Continuation-in-part application

Question 9

202

Answer 9

Cross-noting

Question 10

203

Answer 10

Status of applications

Question 11

203.02

Answer 11

Rejected

Question 12

203.03

Answer 12

Amended

Question 13

203.04

Answer 13

Allowed or In Issue

Question 14

203.05

Answer 14

Abandoned

Question 15

203.06

Answer 15

Incomplete

Question 16

203.08

Answer 16

Status inquiries

Question 17

210

Answer 17

Priority to, or the benefit of, the filing date of a prior filed application

Question 18

211

Answer 18

Claiming the benefit of an earlier filing date under 35 USC 120 and 119(e)

Question 19

211.02

Answer 19

Reference to prior application(s)

Question 20

211.03

Answer 20

Time period for making a claim for benefit under 37 CFR 1.78

Question 21

211.04

Answer 21

Delayed benefit claims

Question 22

211.05

Answer 22

Sufficiency of disclosure in prior filed application

Question 23

213

Answer 23

Right of priority of foreign application

Question 24

213.01

Answer 24

Recognized countries and regional patent offices of foreign filing

Question 25

213.02

Answer 25

Formal requirements relating to foreign priority application

Question 26

213.03

Answer 26

Time for filing US nonprovisional application

Question 27

213.04

Answer 27

Requirement to file priority claim and certified copy during pendency of application

Question 28

213.05

Answer 28

Right of priority based upon an application for an inventor’s certificate

Question 29

213.06

Answer 29

Claiming priority and filing certified copy in national stage application (35 USC 371)

Question 30

213.07

Answer 30

Claiming priority and filing a certified copy in a nonprovisional international design application

Question 31

214

Answer 31

Formal requirements of claim for foreign priority

Question 32

214.01

Answer 32

Time for filing priority claim

Question 33

214.02

Answer 33

Unintentionally delayed priority claims

Question 34

214.03

Answer 34

Office acknowledgement of priority claims

Question 35

214.04

Answer 35

Proper identification of priority application in foreign priority claim

Question 36

215

Answer 36

Certified copy of foreign application

Question 37

215.01

Answer 37

Electronic priority document exchange

Question 38

215.02

Answer 38

Time for filing certified copy-application filed on or after March 16, 2013

Question 39

215.02(a)

Answer 39

Timeliness Requirement- met by priority document exchange

Question 40

215.02(b)

Answer 40

Timeliness requirement- met by interim copy of foreign application

Question 41

215.03

Answer 41

Time for filing certified copy- application filed before March 16, 2013

Question 42

216

Answer 42

Entitlement to priority

Question 43

216.01

Answer 43

Perfecting claim for priority under 35 USC 119(a)-(d) or (f) after issuance of a patent

Question 44

217

Answer 44

Incorporation by reference under 37 CFR 1.57(b)