MPEP 500

Question 1

A filing by facsimile is given the date of transmission if accompanied by

Answer 1

certificate of transmission

Question 2

Items Cannot be sent by facsimile

Answer 2

MPEP 502.01. 502.02

patent applications
color drawings
certified documents
requests for reexamination
correspondence relating to PTO disciplinary
Interference files
secrecy orders

Question 3

What is needed for a non provisional to received a filing date

Answer 3

spec
claim
drawing

Question 4

Notice of Missing Parts

Answer 4

sent when FOT is missing

sets a 2 month period to respond

Question 5

FOT

Answer 5

FEE
Oath
Translation

not needed for filing date

Question 6

Petitions to Make Special are based upon

Answer 6

illness. and death

Question 7

Surcharge paid in addition to any basic filing if what

Answer 7

there are multiple dependent claims

more than 3 independent claims
100+ pages

Question 8

Common Fees not Subject to Small Entity Treatment

Answer 8

petition and processing

document supply fees

certificate of corrections

miscellaneous fees/ reexamination

PCT Fees

Question 9

Rule 1.53 (d)

Answer 9

CPA
Continued Prosecution Application

NO co pendency needed

designs only

Can be filed by facsimile but subjected to eastern time zone

Question 10

Three Categories of Small Entities

Answer 10

Independent inventor

Non Profit

Small Business

Question 11

Patent Application filed with certificate off mailing will receive a filing date as_____

Answer 11

date it arrives at ofice

Question 12

Patent Application Filing Method

Answer 12

Priority Mail Express

“Express Mail”

Question 13

Notice of Incomplete Application

Answer 13

Missing specs drawings or claims

Question 14

Notice of Omitted Items

Answer 14

Rights at stake not good
missing major portions of application

Question 15

PLTA

Answer 15

Patent Law Treaty Implementation Act

makes it easier to get a filing date @ US Patent Office

just need written specification and send in the rest later

allows for reference filing

Question 16

MPEP 509

Answer 16

actions that you can take without paying a fee

Question 17

Micro Entity

Answer 17

MPEP 509.04

subset of small entity

requires

1.that neither applicant nor the inventor has been named in more than 4 filed non prov applicant

2. small gross income

Question 18

Priority Mail Express

Answer 18

MPEP 513

preserves “Date-in” date
which is the date of deposit not the date of when it arrives

Question 19

Filing Free

Answer 19

Filing fee
examination fee
search fee