MPEP Section Numbers and Titles

Question 1

1500

Answer 1

Design Patents

Question 2

1600

Answer 2

Plant Patents

Question 3

2400

Answer 3

Biotechnology

Question 4

200

Answer 4

Type and Status

Question 5

600

Answer 5

Parts, Form, and Content, Inventorship

Question 6

700

Answer 6

Examination

Question 7

100

Answer 7

Secrecy, Access, National Security and Foreign Filing

Question 8

300

Answer 8

Ownership and Assignment

Question 9

400

Answer 9

Representative of Inventor or Owner

Question 10

500

Answer 10

Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers

Question 11

800

Answer 11

Restriction and Double Patenting

Question 12

900

Answer 12

Prior Art, Classification, and Search

Question 13

1000

Answer 13

Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials

Question 14

1100

Answer 14

Statutory Invention Registration (SIR); Pre-Grant Publication (PGPub) and Preissuance Submissions

Question 15

1200

Answer 15

Appeal

Question 16

1300

Answer 16

Allowance and Issue

Question 17

1400

Answer 17

Correction of Patents

Question 18

1800

Answer 18

Patent Cooperation Treaty

Question 19

1900

Answer 19

Protest

Question 20

2000

Answer 20

Duty of Disclosure

Question 21

2100

Answer 21

Patentability

Question 22

2200

Answer 22

Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents

Question 23

2300

Answer 23

Interference and Derivation Proceedings

Question 24

2500

Answer 24

Maintenance Fees

Question 25

2600

Answer 25

Inter Partes Reexamination

Question 26

2700

Answer 26

Patent Terms, Adjustments, and Extensions

Question 27

2800

Answer 27

Supplemental Examination

Question 28

2900

Answer 28

International Design Applications