MPEP 600 Flashcards
An application must include, or be amended to include:
the name of the inventor for any invention claimed in the application.
A patent application may be filed without executing an oath or declaration if:
it can be demonstrated that inventor was under BOTH:
an obligation to assign the invention AND
they cannot be found after reasonable efforts to locate them
The oath/dec may be a copy in which applications:
continuations, divisionals, or RCEs
New oath/dec required in CIPs
A notice of missing parts is sent when:
FOT are missing or incorrect
A notice of omitted items is sent when:
the spec/claim/drawing are not fully complete
If you convert a non-provisional to a provisional, the filing date:
remains the same
after non-to-provisional conversion, you will have a provisional patent application that was filed on ________and expires_______
the original filing date
at the end of 12 months, as if it were a provisional all along
After Notice of Allowance but before payment of the issue fee, an applicant may:
1)
2)
File an RCE
File a continuation
After payment of the issue fee, to file an ____ or ____, an applicant must first __________
RCE or continuation,
petition to withdraw
Simulated or predicted test results and prophetical
examples (paper examples) are:
permitted in patent applications
The two grammatical sections of a claim are the:
__________
and the
__________
preamble
body
“comprising” means:
The list of limitations which follow define the minimum for infringement; things with more can still infringe
“Consisting” means:
List of limitations which follow is exact; no infringement if more is present
“chosen from the group consisting of” is:
Markush group phrasing
A multiple dependent claim cannot depend from:
another multiple dependent claim
A multiple dependent claim can depend from:
more than one other claim (non-multiple dependent)
Improper multiple dependent claims are counted as:
a single claim
A proper multiple dependent claim must be in the ________ form; ____ is not allowed, _____ is permitted.
Alternative;
and
or
After PLTIA, the filing date of an application will be granted on the day ________ is received, with or without _______ or _________
spec;
claim;
drawing.
The correct proper multiple dependent in the alternative answer is:
A A device as in any one of the preceding claims. B A device as in the preceding claims. C A device as in claims 1-3, or 8-10. D A device as in any of claims 1-3, or 8-10. E A and D above.
(E)
“Any one” or “any of” with “or” is proper multiple dependent in the alternative
