Tidbits Flashcards
(263 cards)
1
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A patent practitioner may not lie, cheat, or steal from their clients or the patent office.
A
True
2
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A patent practitioner may withhold relevant information from a client in some circumstances.
A
False
3
Q
A response to an official action may be filed more than six months after the date of the action.
A
False
4
Q
A reissue broadening claims may be filed more than two years after the issue date of the patent.
A
False
5
Q
An interview may be sought prior to issuance of an official action.
A
False
6
Q
An interview may be sought prior to issuance of an official action in continuations.
A
True
7
Q
A patent application may be filed in a foreign country without having obtained or been given a foreign filing license, unless the invention was made in another country.
A
False
8
Q
A foreign filing license must be obtained prior to filing a patent application in a foreign country for an invention invented in the US.
A
True
9
Q
Additional claims may be added and/or new issues may be presented as a matter of right after a final rejection.
A
False
10
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An application may be altered after it has been executed by the inventor(s) and filed with the original oath or declaration.
A
False
11
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A request may be made to suspend prosecution while an action is outstanding.
A
False
12
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A request may be made to suspend prosecution for an indefinite period of time.
A
False
13
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An acceptable response to an office action may address some rejections and objections on the merits and request that remaining issues be deferred.
A
False
14
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A reply to an Office action by the applicant or patent owner must be reduced to a writing which distinctly and specifically points out the supposed errors in the examiner’s action and must reply to every ground of objection and rejection in the prior Office action.
A
True
15
Q
A reply to an Office action must present arguments pointing out the specific distinctions believed to render the claims, including any newly presented claims, patentable over any applied references.
A
True
16
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If the reply to an office action is with respect to an application, a request may be made that objections or requirements as to form not necessary to further consideration of the claims be held in abeyance until allowable subject matter is indicated.
A
True
17
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If the reply to an office action is with respect to an application, the applicant may not request that objections or requirements as to form not necessary to further consideration of the claims be held in abeyance, but must respond to each and every issue of form.
A
False
18
Q
In a reply to an Office action, a general allegation that the claims define a patentable invention without specifically pointing out how the language of the claims patentably distinguishes them from the references does not comply with the requirements of this 714.02.
A
True
19
Q
A first rejection may be appealed.
A
False
20
Q
A first rejection in a continuation application may be appealed if the first rejection is made Final.
A
True
21
Q
An application conveyed to the Patent Office via Federal Express will be granted a filing date that is the date of mailing.
A
False
22
Q
An application conveyed to the Patent Office via Federal Express will the granted a filing date that is the date of delivery to the Office.
A
True
23
Q
An application mailed to the USPTO via Priority Mail Express will be granted a filing date the same as the mailing date.
A
True
24
Q
An application mailed to the USPTO via Priority Mail Express will be granted a filing date the same as the date of receipt in the office.
A
False
25
A recorded assignment need not be in English, be accompanied by a translation, or identify an application or patent by its filing date and serial number or patent number in order to be valid.
False
26
A recorded assignment must be in English or accompanied by a translation.
True
27
A recorded assignment must identify an application or patent by filing date and serial number or by patent number.
True
28
An application may be amended to include new matter.
False
29
A continuation, division, or continuation-in-part need not be copending with the parent application.
False
30
A continuation, division, or CIP must be copending with its parent.
True
31
A design application may contain only one formal claim.
True
32
A design application may contain up to 3 independent claims and up to 20 claims total before incurring additional fees.
False
33
An application may be filed without drawings where drawings are necessary to understand the invention.
False
34
In an application filed without drawings, but where drawings are required to understand the invention, drawings may be submitted after filing but before substantial examination with a petition and fee.
False
35
A plant patent may be filed on a potato.
False
36
A plant found in the wild is patentable.
False
37
A plant that has not been asexually reproduced may be patented.
False
38
Access to an unpublished abandoned application can always be obtained by filing a petition for access and paying the appropriate fee.
False
39
Access to an unpublished abandoned application cannot be obtained unless it is mentioned in an issued patent or other special circumstances apply.
True
40
A restriction requirement can be traversed without making an election.
False
41
A restriction requirement may be traversed but an election must be made.
True
42
An application may be filed which does not contain disclosure adequate for one of ordinary skill in the art to practice the invention or which does not disclose the best mode of carrying out the invention or a written description of the invention.
False
43
The best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his or her invention must be set forth in the description.
True
44
There is no best mode statutory requirement for the disclosure of a specific example.
True
45
A patent specification is not intended nor required to be a production specification.
True
46
Information which has been disclosed to a practitioner in confidence by a client may be shared without permission of the client.
False
47
A practitioner shall not reveal information relating to the representation of a client unless the client gives informed consent, the disclosure is
impliedly authorized in order to carry out the representation, the disclosure is permitted by 37 CRF 11.106(b), or is required by paragraph 11.106(c).
True
48
A practitioner may reveal confidential client information to the Office in order to comply with applicable duty of disclosure provisions.
True
49
A multiple dependent claim may depend from another multiple claim directly or indirectly.
False
50
A multiple dependent claim may not depend from another multiple dependent claim.
True
51
An automatic six month extension of time may be requested by petition.
False
52
A practitioner may withdraw from representing a client in a pending application without the permission of the Commissioner of Patents.
False
53
There is a 90 day window to record an assignment.
True
54
If a practitioner learns of an ethical breach made by a second practitioner, the former has a duty to notify the Patent Office.
True
55
A certified copy of a foreign patent application from which a US application claims priority must be submitted to the Patent Office.
True
56
A certified copy of a foreign patent application from which a US application claims priority must be submitted to the Patent Office with any continuation that is filed.
False
57
A provisional application may claim foreign priority.
False
58
A provisional application cannot claim priority from any other application or patent.
True
59
A foreign filing license is not required for a design patent.
False
60
A foreign filing license is required for a design patent.
True
61
An inventor who is a citizen of Germany and conceived of an invention while on vacation in the US is required to obtain a foreign filing license from the USPTO in order to file a patent application for that invention in Germany.
True
62
The most common types of linking claims which, if allowable, act to prevent restriction between inventions that can otherwise be shown to be divisible, are genus claims linking species claims; and subcombination claims linking plural combinations.
True
63
Where an application includes claims to distinct inventions as well as linking claims, restriction can nevertheless be required.
True
64
In order to be eligible for rejoinder, a claim to a nonelected invention must depend from or otherwise require all the limitations of an allowable claim.
True
65
In order to retain the right to rejoinder, the claims to the nonelected invention(s) should be amended during prosecution to require the limitations of the elected invention.
True
66
In order to be eligible for rejoinder, a claim to a nonelected invention must depend from or otherwise require all the limitations of an allowable claim.
True
67
In order to be eligible for rejoinder, a claim to a nonelected invention must be linked to an allowable claim by a linking claim.
False
68
Where restriction was required between a product and a process of making and/or using the product, and the product invention was elected and subsequently found allowable, all claims to a nonelected process invention must depend from or otherwise require all the limitations of an allowable claim for the claims directed to that process invention to be eligible for rejoinder.
True
69
If an applicant elects a claim(s) directed to a product which is subsequently found allowable, withdrawn process claims which depend from or otherwise require all the limitations of an allowable product claim will be considered for rejoinder.
True
70
If applicant cancels all the claims directed to a nonelected process invention before rejoinder occurs, the examiner should not withdraw the
restriction requirement in order to preserve the applicant's rights to a divisional application.
True
71
If applicant cancels all the claims directed to a nonelected invention before rejoinder occurs, the examiner should withdraw the restriction requirement.
False
72
The only type of application that can be submitted via facsimile is a CPA.
True
73
The only document that can be filed at the USPTO that requires a wet signature is a credit card authorization form submitted with a mailed application.
True
74
Oaths and declarations must be executed with a wet signature.
False
75
A USPTO Examiner may initiate communication with an applicant via telephone on matters related to restriction requirements and Examiner amendments.
True
76
Internet-based communication between an Examiner and applicant or applicant's representative must be pre-approved.
True
77
According to PLTIA, a new application filed need only be filed with a specification in order to be granted a filing date.
True
78
A proper third party submission of prior art under 37 CFR 1.501 submitted after an order for reexamination in a pending reexamination proceeding is entered into the patent file.
False
79
A proper third party submission of prior art under 37 CFR 1.501 submitted after an order for reexamination in a pending reexamination proceeding is stored until the proceeding is concluded, then entered into the patent file.
True
80
A claim can be argued as patentable on grounds of a feature or limitation not in that claim.
False
81
A claim cannot be argued as patentable because of a feature or limitation which is not in that claim.
True
82
A refund as a small entity can be obtained more than three months since the date the large entity fee was paid.
False
83
A refund as a small entity cannot be obtained after more than three months have passed since the date a large entity fee was paid.
True
84
A request for reexamination can be based on prior art other than patents or publications.
False
85
A request for reexamination must be based on prior art consisting of patents and/or publications.
True
86
A paper may be filed in an application and thereafter requested to be placed in the files of other applications.
False
87
A pre-AIA 102(b) rejection may be sworn back of.
False
88
All papers submitted are filed, even if the intended purpose is improper.
False
89
A registered practitioner may file on behalf of a client without that client's authority.
False
90
Automatic extensions of time are available in a reexamination.
False
91
Extensions of time in a reexamination must be requested under 37 CRF 1.550(c) and accompanied by a fee.
True
92
DVDs can be viewed in an interview if it has a bearing on an outstanding issue and will advance prosecution.
True
93
A multiple dependent claim may combine other claims.
False
94
An extension of time may be obtained to pay an issue fee.
False
95
Claims may be broadened in a reexamination.
False
96
Claims cannot be broadened in a reexamination.
True
97
An extension of time may be obtained to file an IDS.
False
98
The latest an IDS may be submitted with an additional fee is on the day the issue fee is paid.
True
99
An IDS is timely filed without incurring additional fees:
Within 3 months of filing an application (except CPA);
Within 3 months of entry to national stage;
Before first office action on merits;
Before first office action in an RCE;
Within 3 months of Hague application publication
True
100
An IDS is timely filed if submitted with the appropriate fee:
Before a final action;
Before allowance;
Before prosecution is terminated;
On or before payment of the issue fee
True
101
Drawings cannot normally be transferred from one pending application to another pending application.
True
102
Drawings can be transferred from one pending application to another pending application.
False
103
Drawings may be transferred from one pending application to another pending application if hardship is demonstrated.
True
104
An inventor's oath or declaration may be amended.
False
105
A new inventor's oath or declaration must be executed if any changes are needed.
True
106
An abandoned application may be revived by petition without submitting a response to an outstanding office action.
False
107
An application that was deliberately abandoned may be revived by petition.
False
108
Mistakes or errors made deliberately in an application can be corrected with a certificate of correction.
False
109
Deliberate mistakes or errors cannot be corrected.
True
110
A reexamination may be based on prior invention, prior sale, prior use, or public knowledge.
False
111
A continuation application may be filed instead of a response without also filing a request for an extension so that the continuation and its parent are copending.
False
112
A claim in a reissue or reexamination my be amended by interlineation.
False
113
A claim in a reexamination may be amended by underlining the words to be added to a previously amended claim and bracketing the words to be deleted from a previously amended claim.
False
114
Changes to the specification during a reexamination, other than to the claims, must be made by submission of the entire text of an added or rewritten paragraph
including markings, except that an entire paragraph may be deleted by a statement
deleting the paragraph, without presentation of the text of the paragraph.
True
115
Any changes relative to the patent being reexamined which are made to the specification, including the claims, must include the following markings:
1) The matter to be omitted by the reexamination proceeding must be enclosed in brackets; and
2) The matter to be added by the reexamination proceeding must be underlined.
True
116
An amendment paper in a reexamination must include the entire text of each patent claim which is being proposed to be changed by such amendment paper and of each new claim being proposed to be added by such amendment paper.
True
117
For any claim changed by the amendment paper during a reexamination, a parenthetical expression "amended," "twice amended," etc., should follow the claim number.
True
118
The Commissioner may be petitioned to appeal any rejection or objection.
False
119
A double patenting rejection of the same invention (anticipation) may be overcome by filing a terminal disclaimer.
False
120
A double patenting rejection of the same invention (anticipation) may be overcome by amending the conflicting claims so that they are not coextensive in scope.
True
121
An improper restriction requirement may be appealed to the Board.
False
122
Failure to claim priority may be corrected with a Certificate of Correction.
False
123
Failure to claim priority may be corrected with a Certificate of Correction if priority was perfected in a parent application.
True
124
A reissue application may recapture subject matter cancelled in the parent.
False
125
Persons who are not US residents or nationals may file a PCT at the USPTO.
False
126
An inventor may swear back of a pre-AIA 102(e) anticipation which claims the same invention.
False
127
A Rule 1.53(d) continuation may be filed without abandoning the parent application.
False
128
Drawings from an application which is about to issue may be transferred to a divisional application
False
129
Amendments to claims and/or a specification are held to be self-explanatory.
False
130
Claims and/or a specification may be amended without submitting additional remarks explaining how the amendments overcome the rejections and objections of the examiner.
False
131
An application may be filed to replace a provisional application more than one year after the filing of the provisional.
False
132
An extension to a patent term for any part of the appeal time may be obtained.
False
133
An extension to a patent term may be obtained for any part of the appeal time in which prosecution was not being diligently pursued.
False
134
Claims may be copied from another patent without advising the Office which patent the claims are copied from.
False
135
An extension of time may be obtained to claim small entity status and obtain a refund.
False
136
Interviews are prohibited in a supplemental proceeding.
True
137
No amendments may be filed in a supplemental examination proceeding.
True
138
A party other than the patent owner is prohibited from filing papers or otherwise participating in any manner in a supplemental examination proceeding.
True
139
A patent owner does not have a right to file a patent-owner statement in a reexamination resulting from a supplemental examination.
True
140
The filing date of a request for supplemental examination will not be granted if the request is not in compliance.
True
141
A filing date for a petition for a derivation cannot be obtained unless the petition is received by the Office with the appropriate fee.
True
142
A filing date ____ be obtained without submitting inventorship, filing fee, oath/declaration, or English translation.
can
143
Access _____ be obtained to any unpublished pending or unpublished abandoned application which is mentioned in an issued parent.
can
144
A reexamination may be requested on any patent on the basis of prior art in for form of a _____ or _____.
printed publication
patent
145
Any _____ application may be protested.
pending
146
A five-month automatic extension of time can be retroactively obtained with a _____ and ____ at the time the response is filed.
petition
fee
147
A filing date for a _____, including a continuation, CIP, or division can be obtained by using Priority Mail Express service even on a weekend or holiday.
new application
148
When automatic extensions of time are not available, extensions can be obtained _____.
for cause
149
An issue fee may be paid ____ if the delay was unintentional.
late
150
An application may be made _____.
special
151
An Examiner may be interviewed _____ an official action has been issued.
after
152
Claims in a reexamination can be _____ in response to an official action.
amended
153
A foreign filing license is ____ to file a patent application in another country.
needed
154
A patent _____ be revived after inadvertent abandonment due to failure to pay a maintenance fee.
may
155
Inventorship of a pending application or issued patent _____ be corrected via a Certificate of Correction.
can
156
A petition _____ be made to withdraw an application from issue in order to have an interference or to permit consideration of an IDS in a continuation application.
may
157
_____ claims can be obtained in a reissue application filed within two years from issue.
Broader
158
A citation of art limited to printed patents and publications can be filed in _____ issued patent.
any
159
An applicant may file comments in response to an Examiner's Reasons for _____.
Allowance
160
A _____ may be filed and the parent application abandoned at any time the parent is still pending, provided that the parent and continuation are co-pending.
continuation
161
An application may be _____ by showing that the abandonment was unintentional, and filing the required terminal disclaimer for a design application or a pre-6-8-95 application.
revived
162
A double patenting rejection of the _____ type may be overcome by filing a terminal disclaimer which also provides that the patents will lapse if they ever cease being owned by the same entity.
obviousness
163
An improper restriction requirement may be overturned by _____ after first asking the Examiner for reconsideration, electing as required and acting within two months from the decision of the Examiner on the request for reconsideration.
Petition to the commissioner
164
A _____ may be filed in a reissue application.
continuation
165
A recorded terminal disclaimer may be _____ until the date the patent issues.
withdrawn
166
Rather than file a petition to correct inventorship, a _____ may be filed if at least one of the inventors remains in common.
continuation
167
A _____ continuation or divisional may be filed by facsimilie if the parent is abandoned.
design
168
A _____ continuation or divisional may be filed by facsimile if the parent is abandoned.
design
169
A _____ specification may be filed.
substitute
170
An extension may be obtained up to _____ months.
five
171
The time period may be extended for completing an ____ bona fide response to a non-final action.
incomplete
172
A patent owner may request a _____ of a patent at any time during the period of enforceability of the patent.
supplemental examination
173
A _____ preissuance submission of relevant prior art may be made prior to the issuance of a patent.
third-party
174
An applicant for a patent may file a petition to institute a _____ proceeding in the office.
derivation
175
When you no longer want to work for the client in prosecuting a pending application, file a petition according to 402.05 seeking leave to _____.
withdraw
176
When you want to file a patent application in another country on an invention which was made in the US, obtain a foreign filing license per MPEP 140 by:
a) waiting 6 months after filing,
b) granting of FFL on application filing receipt, or
c) petition the _____.
Commissioner
177
To expedite an application through the Office per 708, file a 1.101 petition to make special or request ______ examination.
prioritized
178
When you want to have the validity of one or more claims of an unexpired patent reconsidered in light of an issued patent or publication not originally considered by the PO, but do not believe that any error or mistake is present in the patent, file a request for ______ per MPEP 2214.
reexamination
179
When you find that through error and inadvertence the claims of a patent issued less than 2 years ago are too narrow, file a ______ application per MPEP 1401.
reissue
180
When you are far from the PO and the application must be filed today to avoid a bar, per MPEP 502 use _____ or file by fax under Rule 1.53(d).
Priority Mail Express
181
When you have cancelled all the claims to which a given named inventor made a contribution, amend the application to _____ the inventor per Rule 1.48(a).
delete
182
When the inventor cannot be reached or refuses to file a sole inventor application in which your client has an interest, file the application with a substitute statement in lieu of an executed ______ per Rule 1.64.
inventor's oath or declaration
183
When the inventor has made a subsequent improvement in the invention of a pending application which he feels should be part of the application, file a _____ per MPEP 201.08.
CIP
184
When you have received an Official Action in a reexam setting a 2 month response period, but for good and sufficient reason you cannot file until 3 months, file a request for _____ per Rule 1.550(c).
extension of time for cause
185
When for good reason you need to suspend prosecution and no Official Action is pending, file a _____ for a definite time per MPEP 709.
petition to suspend
186
When the application becomes abandoned through inadvertence, file a _____ per MPEP 711.03 and Rule 1.137.
petition to revive
187
When you want to bring prior art to the attention of the Examiner, and satisfy your duty of disclosure, file an ____ per MPEP 609.
information data sheet
188
When you want to bring to the attention of the Patent Office prior art which you believe is material to the patentability of an application where you do not represent the inventors, you can file a _____ per MPEP 1901.03 or a _____ submission per Rule 1.290 and 35 USC 122(e).
protest
Third-party preissuance
189
When a final rejection has issued and the Examiner for good reason refused to enter an amendment, file a continuation under Rule 1.53(b) or (d) if possible, or file a(n) ______.
request for continued examination
190
When the patent issued without a proper claim for domestic or foreign priority per MPEP 1402, usually file a reissue application, but in one circumstance a ____ may suffice per MPEP 201.16.
certificate of correction
191
A certificate of correction can generally be used to perfect a claim to foreign priority where a petition under 37 CFR 1.55(e) to accept an unintentionally delayed priority claim is filed with a request for a certificate of correction in a(n) ______.
issued patent
192
Requests under Rule 1.55(e) to perfect a claim to foreign priority because delay was unintentional should not be granted where further ____ would be required (e.g. if the change in effective filing date changed the laws applied).
examination
193
When an application was inadvertently filed in a foreign country without a foreign filing license, obtain a _____ foreign filing license.
retroactive
194
When you discover three years after issue that through inadvertent error the claims are too broad and thus invalid, file a reissue application per MPEP 1401 or a _____ per MPEP 1490.
disclaimer
195
When your corporate client has an employee who has made an invention which she is contractually obligated to assign to the company but refuses to execute a declaration, file the application under Rule 1.46 using a ____.
substitute statement
196
When you have received a rejection citing prior art which is an anticipation under pre-AIA 102(e), but does not claim the invention, and can establish a date of invention before the effective filing date of the reference, _____ of the reference under Rule 1.131.
swear back
197
When it is the last day to file a response to an official action, the response is complete, but there is insufficient time to deliver the response to the Office, mail the response with a certificate of mailing or fax with a proper certificate of _____ per MPEP 512.
transmission
198
When you have evidence that claims in a not-yet-published pending application in which you do not represent the applicant are invalid because of prior public use, file a ____ per MPEP 720.
protest
199
When you find that when the Office printed your patent they made several mistakes, obtain a certificate or correction per MPEP 1480; but a ___ will not be required.
fee
200
When you learn that several claims are invalid for reasons which do not involve deceptive intent on your part, but you believe in good faith that the remainder are valid, file a ____ of the invalid claims per MPEP 1490.
disclaimer
201
When you receive a proper double patenting rejection of the obviousness type under MPEP 804, file a ____ which must apply to all the claims.
terminal disclaimer
202
When your client obtains title to a patent application by a written assignment per MPEP 302, ____ the assignment in the Office.
record
203
When you learn facts establishing that another registered Agent in an unrelated matter has violated the Rules of Professional Responsibility, bring the facts of the attention of ____.
the Patent Office
204
In reading the issued patent you find that the claims you submitted had several typos. You can obtain a ____ per MPEP 1481 and pay the required fee.
certificate of correction
205
If you determine that it is possible that inequitable conduct may have been committed due to failure to disclose material prior art, file a request for ____ under Rule 1.601.
supplemental examination
206
A retroactive foreign filing license may be obtained ____ issue.
before and after
207
A person who is not the owner of the patent may file a petition to institute an inter partes review per Rule 42.100 or ____ review per Rule 42.200.
post-grant
208
A covered business method patent review per Rule 42.300 may be petitioned for only by one who has been at least charged with ______ or sued.
infringement
209
6-8-95 is the transition date for patent _____.
term
210
3.5, 7.5, and 11.5 years post-issue are times when ____ are due.
maintenance fee
211
A deign patent term is ___ years.
15
212
The old utility patent term is 17 years from _____.
issue
213
The new utility patent term is 20 years from _____.
filing
214
Applicant response to Remand by the Board deadline is _____.
30 days
215
Unextendible time period allowed to file DOE and NASA statements in response to a formal Office request is _____.
30 days
216
The shortest shortened statutory period for responding to the PTO is ____.
1 month
217
The deadline for responding to Notice of Missing Parts is _____.
2 months
218
All deadlines on appeal are _____.
2 months
219
A petition after decision on reconsider by the examiner must be filed within _____.
2 months
220
The period for responding in a reexamination is _____.
2 months
221
Quayle Actions are issued when there are minor issues to be resolved in a patent application that is otherwise in condition for allowance and _____ has closed.
prosecution
222
The unextendable period to pay issue fee and file formal drawings is _____.
3 months
223
The design application foreign priority deadline is _____.
6 months
224
The maximum time of patent term *extension* for delay in appeal is ______.
5 years
225
12-1-97 is the effective date of the 1997 _____.
Rule Changes
226
On or after 11-29-00, US applications are automatically published and International Applications can potentially accrue a 102(e) date if they designate the US and publish in _____.
English
227
A 3rd party pre-issuance submission must be filed prior to the later of pub+6 or date of 1st rejection of any claim, but must be filed prior to _____.
allowance
228
9-16-12 is the phase 2 date of AIA, including new oath/declaration requirements, supp exam, pre-issuance submissions, inter partes review, post-grant review, and covered _____.
business method review
229
3-16-13 is the implementation of "first to file" and AIA _____.
102
230
Date of invention can be established by acts in WTO countries which take place after 1-1-96, but this does not change dates as prior art except during a(n) _____.
interference
231
Unless a reexamination is initiated as the result of supplemental examination, the basis for reexamination is limited to ____ and _____.
prior patents and publications
232
Unless a reexamination is initiated as the result of supplemental examination, the basis for reexamination is limited to ____ and _____.
prior patents and publications
233
If a reexam results from supplemental examination, in addition to prior patents and publications, ____ issues will be considered.
all
234
If a reexam results from supplemental examination, in addition to prior patents and publications, ____ issues will be considered.
all
235
The six month rule does not apply to appeal briefs or responses to a ____.
notice of missing parts
236
The six month rule does not apply to appeal briefs or responses to a ____.
notice of missing parts
237
Pre-AIA 102(b) prior art cannot be _____.
sworn behind
238
Pre-AIA 102(b) prior art cannot be _____.
sworn behind
239
The only way to get a filing date for a new application other than the date received at the Office is by using Priority Mail Express or fax in the case of _____.
CPAs
240
The only way to get a filing date for a new application other than the date received at the Office is by using Priority Mail Express or fax in the case of _____.
CPAs
241
While filing a first reply to a Final Rejection within 2 months can grant a variable reply period, it does not change the deadline to _____.
appeal
242
While filing a first reply to a Final Rejection within 2 months can grant a variable reply period, it does not change the deadline to _____.
appeal
243
Pre AIA common ownership can remove a 103/102(e), (f), or (g) _____.
rejection
244
Pre AIA common ownership can remove a 103/102(e), (f), or (g) _____.
rejection
245
Post AIA common ownership can remove a 102(a)(2) rejection under ____.
102(b)(2)(c)
246
Post AIA common ownership can remove a 102(a)(2) rejection under ____.
102(b)(2)(c)
247
A registered agent or attorney can advertise, but the advertisement must state their _____.
name
248
An applicant whose legal name has changed must submit a petition with fee and an affidavit to change the name on the ____.
application
249
A disclaimer can be of less than all the claims in a patent, but a terminal disclaimer must be of ___ the claims.
all
250
The only class of people in the world barred from filing for US patents are current employees of the ____.
USPTO
251
Rule 1.53(d) continuations and divisionals are available only in _____ applications filed 7-14-13 and onwards.
design
252
Applications for reissue are automatically given ____ status.
special
253
Whenever an agent or attorney responds to a Final Rejection within two months, the deadline for response is extended to the date the Advisory Action is mailed or the 6 month statutory deadline, whichever is _____.
earlier
254
A reissue or reexamination cannot be filed to withdraw or nullify the effects of a _____.
terminal disclaimer
255
A petition to make special for an HIV or cancer related invention bears a fee and cannot be basis of a Special Status in a post-August 2006 filing date application unless Accelerated Examination procedure is ____.
followed
256
When an election of invention or species is made in response to a restriction requirement, the non-elected claims are withdrawn, not ____.
cancelled
257
If the finality of a rejection is improper, typically because a new ground of rejection was not necessitated by an action of the applicant, then the applicant can petition to have it ____ per MPEP 706.07(e).
withdrawn
258
If the Office holds an application abandoned and it became abandoned because of a mistake by the applicant, the remedy is ____.
revival
259
If the Office holds an application abandoned and the Office made a mistake calculating the due date etc., the remedy is a petition to withdraw the ____.
holding of abandonment
260
An attorney or agent who wants to cease representing a client who has not revoked the PoA must petition the Commissioner to ____.
withdraw
261
Petitions to withdraw from representation are not normally granted within 30 days of the "drop dead" date because the client will not have sufficient time to _____.
find new representation
262
The granting of a request to withdraw from representing a client when time is short (before abandonment) depends on the sophistication of the client as to the PTA and how much opportunity and _____ they were provided.
notice
263
After a Notice of Allowance has been transmitted, the patent must either issue, be abandoned, or withdrawn from issue by ____.
petition
