True/False

Question 1

A division of a design application filed June 12, 2018, which is a continuation of an application filed May 23, 2017 and now abandoned, cannot be filed under 37 CFR 1.53(d).

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A division of a design application filed June 12, 2018, which is a continuation of an application filed May 23, 2017 and now abandoned, can be filed under 37 CFR 1.53(d).

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A division of a utility application filed June 12, 2018, which is a continuation of an application filed May 23, 2017 and now abandoned, cannot be filed under 37 CFR 1.53(d).

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The time period to reply to a notice that a response is bona fide but incomplete cannot be extended.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

When reply by the applicant is a bona fide attempt to advance the application to final action, and is substantially a complete reply to the non-final Office action, but consideration of some matter or compliance with some requirement has been inadvertently omitted, applicant may be given a new time period for reply to supply the omission.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The time period to reply to a notice that a response is bona fide but incomplete can be extended.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

A Petition for Access is no longer required to obtain access to the file of a pending application which has been incorporated by reference into a US patent.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

If an application is identified in the file contents of another application, but not the published patent application or patent itself, a granted petition for access or a power to inspect is necessary to obtain the application.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

A Substitute Specification may be filed only when required by the Examiner.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

The file of an application that has issued as a patent or published as a statutory invention registration is available to the public.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The file of an application that has issued as a patent or published as a statutory invention registration is not available to the public.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

A Substitute Specification may be filed at any point prior to payment of the issue fee.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

A provisional application is not complete until the cover sheet is filed.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

In order to be complete, a provisional application requires a cover sheet, specification, and any drawings that are necessary to understand the invention.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

An Examiner’s Answer may include a new ground of rejection.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

A provisional application will be given a filing date if it includes a specification and any drawings that are necessary to understand the invention.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

A provisional application will be granted a filing date, but will not be considered complete, if it includes only a specification and drawings.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

A Reissue oath or declaration need specify only a single error as a basis for the reissue.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

An oath or declaration must state the PO address of the inventors as well as their residences, unless this is listed on the ADS.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

A residential address of an inventor is not required in the ADS or oath/declaration as long as a mailing address is provided.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

A patent issuing from a CPA will only indicate the application number and filing date of the prior application.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

A CPA can only be filed if the filing of the parent application is complete.

Answer 22

True
*except for oath/declaration if filed after 9-16-12

Question 23

An application originally filed on or before 9-16-12 need not contain an executed oath or declaration in order to support a CPA.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

A sale need not be consummated to be an offer for sale under 102.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

A sale of the rights of the invention will bar any US application filed more than a year after the sale.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

A rejection based upon pre-AIA 102(f) can be based upon a derivation of the invention from an earlier inventor.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

A defensive publication is prior art as of its filing date.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

A defensive publication is prior art as of its publication date.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

The pre-AIA 102(e) date for a US patent issuing from a PCT application entering the National Stage in the US is always the date that the oath or declaration, the fee, and the copy of the international application and translation into English are received.

Answer 29

False

Question 30

The 102(e) date of a National Stage PCT filed on or after 11-29-00 that designates the US and is in English is the date when the fee, oath, and translation are received.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

The 102(e) date of a National Stage PCT filed on or after 11-29-00 is the date when the fee, oath, and translation are received.

Answer 31

False

Question 32

The 102(e) date of a National Stage PCT filed before 11-29-00 that designates the US and is in English is the date when the fee, oath, and translation are received.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

The 102(e) date of a National Stage PCT filed on or after 11-29-00 that designates the US, is in English, and includes the IA copy, fee, and oath, is the international filing date or priority date properly claimed at the time of international filing.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

A National Stage PCT filed on or after 11-29-00 that does not designate the US and/or is not in English does not have a 102(e) date, but is considered prior art upon publication.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

An abandoned application establishes that the invention disclosed in that application has been abandoned and is not prior art under 102(g).

Answer 35

False

Question 36

When an application becomes abandoned, the invention disclosed therein also becomes abandoned.

Answer 36

False

Question 37

The critical date for a foreign patent under pre-AIA 102(d) is the date it becomes enforceable.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

A foreign patent application may become prior art under pre-AIA 102(d) if filed more than 12 months before the effective US filing date.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

A foreign patent application becomes prior art under pre-AIA 102(d) if filed before the effective US filing date.

Answer 39

False

Question 40

Pre-AIA filing of a CIP of a US application claiming foreign priority is not entitled to the foreign priority date, but is considered effectively filed on the CIP filing date.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

A CIP of a US application claiming foreign priority is entitled to the priority date.

Answer 41

False

Question 42

A published foreign application is not considered prior art under pre-AIA 102(d).

Answer 42

True

Question 43

The fact that a foreign application is published may be grounds for a pre-AIA 102(d) rejection.

Answer 43

False

Question 44

A “patent” for purposes of pre-AIA 102(d) rejection, an exclusionary right must have been awarded to the applicant, but a formal patent need not have been issued in all cases.

Answer 44

True

Question 45

An allowed application can be a “patent” for purposes of pre-AIA 102(d) as of the date published for opposition, even though it has not yet issued as a patent.

Answer 45

True

Question 46

Disclosure cancelled from a patent application is prior art under 102 as of the issue date of the patent.

Answer 46

True

Question 47

Canceled matter in the application file of a US patent or US application publication is not a proper reference as of the filing date under 102(a)(2) or pre-AIA 102(e).

Answer 47

True

Question 48

Matter canceled from the application file wrapper of a US patent or US application publication may be used as prior art as of the issue or publication date, respectively.

Answer 48

True

Question 49

An admission can be prior art and the basis of a rejection.

Answer 49

True

Question 50

Abandonment under pre-AIA 102(c) must be intentional and is personal to the inventor.

Answer 50

True

Question 51

Abandonment under pre-AIA 102(c) may be accidental.

Answer 51

False

Question 52

An abstract of the disclosure is required in a PCT application but need not be included with the papers initially filed.

Answer 52

True

Question 53

Failure to claim priority at the time of filing a PCT application results in the loss of priority rights.

Answer 53

False

Question 54

Failure to claim priority at the time of filing a PCT application must be corrected within 16 months of the priority date or 4 months of the international filing date, whichever comes earlier, to prevent loss of priority rights.

Answer 54

True

Question 55

All inventors if a PCT application filed with the PTO as a receiving office must be American citizens.

Answer 55

False

Question 56

At least one designation must be made in the International Application at the time of filing.

Answer 56

True

Question 57

Any PCT application becomes pre-AIA 102(e) prior art as of the date that the fee and translation and oath are filed in the national stage of the PCT.

Answer 57

False.

Question 58

Any PCT application filed before 11-29-00 becomes pre-AIA 102(e) prior art as of the date that the fee and translation and oath are filed in the national stage of the PCT.

Answer 58

True

Question 59

A PCT can claim priority from an earlier US application if it is filed within one year of the filing date of that earlier application.

Answer 59

True

Question 60

A filing date cannot be obtained for an International Application until the fee and oath are submitted.

Answer 60

False

Question 61

A demand for Preliminary Examination must be made before the expiration of the 19th month from the priority date.

Answer 61

False

Question 62

A demand for Preliminary Examination must be made by 22 months from the priority date or 3 months from the mailing of the Search Report, whichever is later.

Answer 62

True

Question 63

An International Application can be amended only once.

Answer 63

False

Question 64

The first opportunity to amend a PCT under Article 19 allows changes to claims only.

Answer 64

True

Question 65

The first opportunity to amend a PCT under Article 19 allows changes to spec, claims, and drawings.

Answer 65

False

Question 66

The second opportunity to amend a PCT under Article 34 allows changes to spec, claims, and drawings.

Answer 66

True

Question 67

The second opportunity to amend a PCT under Article 34 allows changes to claims only.

Answer 67

False

Question 68

A claim for priority in a PCT application must occur before the expiration of the 16th month.

Answer 68

True

Question 69

Oral hearings in an Appeal of a reissue or a reexamination rejection are available to the public.

Answer 69

True

Question 70

Oral hearings in an Appeal of a reissue or a reexamination rejection are not open to the public.

Answer 70

False

Question 71

A reissue oath can be executed by the assignee if the scope of the claims is not being broadened.

Answer 71

True

Question 72

A reissue oath cannot be executed by an assignee.

Answer 72

False

Question 73

Broadened claims in a reexamination must be filed within two years from the date of issue of the patent.

Answer 73

False
Claims cannot be broadened in a reexamination

Question 74

Broadened claims in a reissue must be filed within two years from the date of the issue of the patent.

Answer 74

True

Question 75

Separate patents can issue from a reissue application where the original patent contains independent and distinctive inventions.

Answer 75

True

Question 76

The Director may issue several reissued patents for distinct and separate parts of the thing patented, upon demand of the applicant, and upon payment of the required fee for a reissue for each of such reissued patents.

Answer 76

True

Question 77

Ex parte reexaminations are automatically stayed where the same issues are before a US District Court.

Answer 77

False

Question 78

If a patent in the process of ex parte reexamination is or becomes involved in litigation, the Director shall determine whether or not to suspend the reexamination.

Answer 78

True

Question 79

If a patent in the process of ex parte reexamination is or becomes involved in litigation, the office proceedings will automatically be stayed.

Answer 79

False

Question 80

A claim for foreign priority must be made in a reissue application.

Answer 80

True

Question 81

A claim for foreign priority need not be made in a reissue application.

Answer 81

False

Question 82

When both a reissue and a reexamination are pending, they may be merged.

Answer 82

True

Question 83

Where a reissue application and a reexamination proceeding are pending concurrently on a patent, the patent owner, i.e., the reissue applicant, has a responsibility to notify the Office of such via a Notification of Concurrent Proceedings.

Answer 83

True

Question 84

A reissue may be used to correct an application which issued without disclosure of a Best Mode.

Answer 84

False

Question 85

The term of a reissue is twenty years from its filing date.

Answer 85

False

Question 86

The issuance of a reissue does not alter the expiration date granted by the original patent.

Answer 86

True

Question 87

A reexamination can be filed based upon any prior art set forth in 35 USC 102 (a) or (b).

Answer 87

False

Question 88

Reexaminations can be filed only on the basis of printed patents or publications.

Answer 88

True

Question 89

An Extension Request based upon 37 CFR 1.136(b) cannot be made until the five-month’s extension permitted under 37 CFR 1.136(a) has been exhausted.

Answer 89

True

Question 90

Extensions of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) do not apply to reply briefs, requests for oral hearings, replies to decisions of the Board, contested cases, or cases involved in derivation proceedings.

Answer 90

True

Question 91

When automatic extensions of time are not available or have been exhausted, the
period for reply may be extended only for sufficient cause and for a reasonable time specified if such an extension request is timely filed on or before the day on which the reply is due, but in no situation can any extension carry the date of which the reply is due beyond the maximum time period set by statute.

Answer 91

True

Question 92

In no situation can any extension carry the date of which the reply is due beyond the maximum time period set by statute.

Answer 92

True

Question 93

In a limited number of specific situations, an extension of time may carry the date of which the reply is due beyond the statutory period.

Answer 93

False

Question 94

All extensions of time can be obtained retroactively.

Answer 94

False

Question 95

Extensions of time obtained under 37 CFR 1.136(b) must be obtained prospectively.

Answer 95

True

Question 96

Extensions of time obtained under 37 CFR 1.136(b) may be obtained retroactively.

Answer 96

False

Question 97

Extensions of time obtained under 37 CFR 1.136(a) must be obtained prospectively.

Answer 97

False

Question 98

Extensions of time obtained under 37 CFR 1.136(a) may be obtained retroactively.

Answer 98

True

Question 99

An issue fee may be paid late upon a proper showing and payment but the due date cannot be extended.

Answer 99

True

Question 100

The issue fee due date may be extended for cause.

Answer 100

False

Question 101

When a response to a Final Rejection is filed within two months from the mailing date, the deadline for response is automatically extended to the date an Advisory Action is mailed or the six-month deadline, whichever occurs first.

Answer 101

True

Question 102

The minimum period for response to any action is thirty days.

Answer 102

True

Question 103

The amount of the extension fee is reduced fifty percent for Small Entities.

Answer 103

True

Question 104

An extension of time after a Final Rejection extends the due date for a response, for filing a Notice of Appeal, and for filing a continuation.

Answer 104

True

Question 105

When obtaining an extension of time after a Final Rejection in order to file a continuation, no response to the action is necessary.

Answer 105

True

Question 106

The deadline for filing an IDS can be extended no more than five months.

Answer 106

False

Question 107

No extension is possible when filing an IDS.

Answer 107

True

Question 108

The three-month deadline for obtaining a refund for a fee paid as a small entity may be extended only for cause.

Answer 108

False

Question 109

The three month deadline for obtaining a refund for a fee paid as a small entity cannot be extended.

Answer 109

True

Question 110

An IDS may be timely filed within 3 months of filing a non-CPA US application, entry of an IA into the national stage, or international design publication/registration.

Answer 110

True

Question 111

An IDS may be timely filed before mailing of a first office action on the merits or before mailing of a first office action after filing an RCE.

Answer 111

True

Question 112

One acceptable form of alternative expression recites members as being “Selected from the group consisting of A, B, and C.”

Answer 112

True

Question 113

One acceptable form of alternative expression recites members as being “Selected from the group comprising A, B, and C.”

Answer 113

False

Question 114

Multiple dependent claims must be in alternative form (e.g. “A machine according to claims 3 or 4, further comprising…”

Answer 114

True

Question 115

Examiners may reject claims as prolix.

Answer 115

True

Question 116

Prolix claims are grounds for objection, not rejection.

Answer 116

False

Question 117

A single claim which claims both an apparatus and the method steps of using the same apparatus is not indefinite under 35 USC 112.

Answer 117

False

Question 118

A single claim which claims both an apparatus and the method steps of using the same apparatus is indefinite under 35 USC 112.

Answer 118

True

Question 119

Utility applications may not be filed with an omnibus claim that reads as follows: “A device substantially as shown and described.”

Answer 119

True

Question 120

Utility applications may be filed with a claim that reads as follows: “A device substantially as shown and described.”

Answer 120

False

Question 121

35 USC 112(b) prohibits applicants from changing what they regard as their invention during the pendency of the application.

Answer 121

False

Question 122

The language of 35 USC 112(b) does not prohibit an applicant from changing what they regard as their invention during the pendency of the application.

Answer 122

True

Question 123

Agreement, or lack thereof, between the claims and the specification is properly considered only with respect to 35 USC 112(a); it is irrelevant to compliance with 112(b).

Answer 123

True

Question 124

35 USC 112(b) does not require that claims and the specification be in agreement.

Answer 124

True

Question 125

35 USC 112(b) requires that the claims agree with the disclosure of the specification.

Answer 125

False

Question 126

Agreement between the claims and specification is required for 112(a) compliance.

Answer 126

True

Question 127

35 USC 112(a) does not require that claims and the specification be in agreement.

Answer 127

False

Question 128

Applicants are their own lexicographer, that is, they can define in the claims what they regard as their invention essentially in whatever terms they choose so long as such terms are not used in ways that are contrary to accepted meanings in the art.

Answer 128

True

Question 129

The transitional term “comprising,” which is synonymous with “including,” “containing,” or “characterized by,” is inclusive or open-ended and does not exclude additional elements or steps.

Answer 129

True

Question 130

The transitional phrase” consisting essentially of” limits the scope of a claim to the specified materials or steps and those that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristics of the claimed invention.

Answer 130

True

Question 131

A rejection under 102/103 can be made when the prior art product seems to be identical except that the prior art is silent as to an inherent characteristic.

Answer 131

True

Question 132

The discovery of a new use for an old structure based on unknown properties of the structure is not patentable to the discoverer, even as a process of using.

Answer 132

False

Question 133

The discovery of a new use for an old structure based on unknown properties of the structure is not patentable to the discoverer; however, a new and nonobvious use of the old structure, if not carried out in the process of normal operation, may be patentable as a process.

Answer 133

True

Question 134

The discovery of a new use for an old structure based on unknown properties of the structure might be patentable to the discoverer as a process of using.

Answer 134

True

Question 135

The discovery of a new use for an old structure based on unknown properties of the structure is not patentable.

Answer 135

False–it might be patentable

Question 136

Claims directed to an apparatus must be distinguished from the prior art in terms of structure rather than function.

Answer 136

True

Question 137

If the prior art device performs all of the functions recited in the apparatus claim, the prior art will anticipate the claim even if there is a structural difference.

Answer 137

False

Question 138

Even if the prior art device performs all the functions recited in the claim, the prior art cannot anticipate the claim if there is any structural difference.

Answer 138

True

Question 139

Drawings alone can anticipate claims if they clearly show the structure which is claimed.

Answer 139

True

Question 140

A pre-AIA 102(e) or AIA 201(a)(2) rejection cannot rely on matter that was canceled from the application and thus did not get published in the issued patent.

Answer 140

True

Question 141

A doctoral thesis, even if indexed and shelved in a library, is not sufficiently accessible to the public to constitute prior art as a “printed publication.”

Answer 141

False

Question 142

A doctoral thesis indexed and shelved in a library is sufficiently accessible to the public to constitute prior art as a “printed publication.”

Answer 142

True

Question 143

A Jepson claim results in an implied admission that the preamble is prior art.

Answer 143

True

Question 144

A species claim will anticipate a claim to a genus.

Answer 144

True

Question 145

The following amendment will be entered:

Please amend claim 1 at line 3 to replace the phrase “x” with –y–.

Answer 145

False

Question 146

An amendment attempting to “rewrite” a claim in the interlineation manner may be held non-responsive.

Answer 146

True

Question 147

If an election of species has been required and the applicant does not make an election because he or she holds the requirement to be wrong, the amendment on its face is not a bona fide attempt to advance the case to final action, and the examiner is without authority to postpone decision as to abandonment.

Answer 147

True

Question 148

When reply by the applicant is a bona fide attempt to advance the application to final action, and is substantially a complete reply to the non-final Office action, but consideration of some matter or compliance with some requirement has been
inadvertently omitted, applicant may be given a new time period for reply under § 1.134 to supply the omission.

Answer 148

True

Question 149

An examiner may treat an amendment not fully responsive to a non-final Office action by accepting the amendment as an adequate reply to avoid abandonment.

Answer 149

True

Question 150

An examiner may treat an amendment not fully responsive to a non-final Office action by notifying the applicant that the reply must be completed within the remaining period for reply or within any 1.136(a) extension to avoid abandonment.

Answer 150

True

Question 151

An examiner may treat an amendment not fully responsive to a non-final Office action by setting a new time period for applicant to complete the reply.

Answer 151

True

Question 152

The Examiner’s treatment of an amendment not fully responsive to a non-final Office action depends upon whether the amendment is bona fide, whether there is sufficient time for applicant’s reply within the reply period, and the nature of the deficiency.

Answer 152

True

Question 153

In the consideration of claims in an amended case where no attempt is made to point out the patentable novelty, the claims will not be allowed.

Answer 153

True

Question 154

An amendment failing to point out the patentable novelty which the applicant believes the claims present in view of the state of the art disclosed by the references cited or the objections made may be held to be not fully responsive. However, if the claims as amended are clearly open to rejection on grounds of record, a final rejection should generally be made.

Answer 154

True

Question 155

An applicant cannot, as a matter of right, amend any finally rejected claims, add new claims after a final rejection, or reinstate previously canceled claims.

Answer 155

True

Question 156

An applicant may, as a matter of right, amend any finally rejected claims, add new claims after a final rejection, or reinstate previously canceled claims.

Answer 156

False

Question 157

An affidavit under 37 CFR 1.130 is appropriate where the prior US patent claims the same patentable invention.

Answer 157

False

Question 158

When any claim of an application or a patent under reexamination is rejected, the applicant or patent owner may submit an appropriate affidavit or declaration to disqualify a disclosure as prior art by establishing that the disclosure was made by the inventor or a joint inventor, or the subject matter disclosed was obtained directly or indirectly from the inventor or a joint inventor.

Answer 158

True–1.130(a)

Question 159

When any claim of an application or a patent under reexamination is rejected, the applicant or patent owner may submit an appropriate affidavit or declaration to disqualify a disclosure as prior art by establishing that the subject matter disclosed had, before such disclosure was made or before such subject matter was effectively filed, been publicly disclosed by the inventor or a joint inventor or
another who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly or indirectly from the inventor or a joint inventor.

Answer 159

True–1.130(b)

Question 160

A 1.130 affidavit may disqualify a disclosure as prior art by establishing that it was directly or indirectly made by or obtained from the inventor or a joint inventor.

Answer 160

True

Question 161

A 1.130 affidavit may disqualify a disclosure as prior art by establishing that the subject matter was previously publicly disclosed directly or indirectly by the inventor or a joint inventor.

Answer 161

True

Question 162

The date to be overcome under 37 CFR 1.131 is the effective date of the reference (i.e. the date on which the reference is available as prior art).

Answer 162

True

Question 163

When any claim of an application or a patent under reexamination is rejected, the applicant or patent owner may submit an appropriate oath or declaration to establish invention of the subject matter of the rejected claim prior to the effective
date of the reference or activity on which the rejection is based under 37 CFR 1.131(a).

Answer 163

True

Question 164

A 1.131 affidavit must swear behind the effective date (prior art date) of a US patent, published application, or PCT.

Answer 164

True

Question 165

An abandoned patent application may become evidence of prior art only when it has been appropriately disclosed, as, for example, when the abandoned patent application is referenced in the disclosure of another patent, in a publication, or by voluntary disclosure.

Answer 165

True

Question 166

An abandoned patent application cannot become prior art if it was never published.

Answer 166

False

Question 167

The subject matter of an abandoned application, including both provisional and nonprovisional applications, referred to in a prior art U.S. patent or U.S. patent application publication may be relied on in a 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(e) rejection based on that patent or patent application publication if the
disclosure of the abandoned application is actually included or incorporated by reference in the patent.

Answer 167

True

Question 168

The subject matter of an abandoned application, including both provisional and nonprovisional applications, referred to in a prior art U.S. patent or U.S. patent application publication cannot be grounds for a 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(e) rejection even if the disclosure of the abandoned application is actually included or incorporated by reference in the patent.

Answer 168

False

Question 169

Unless it is a statutory bar, a rejection based on a publication may be overcome by a showing that it was published either by the applicant himself or on his behalf.

Answer 169

True

Question 170

A declaration is a statement in writing made under oath before an officer authorized to administer oaths, while an affidavit must include and acknowledgement by the declarant that willful false statements are punishable by fine or false imprisonment and may jeopardize the validity of the application or patent.

Answer 170

False

Question 171

37 CFR 1.68 permits a declaration to be used instead of an affidavit.

Answer 171

True

Question 172

An affidavit is a statement in writing made under oath before a notary public, magistrate, or officer authorized to administer oaths.

Answer 172

True

Question 173

A declaration must include an acknowledgment by the declarant that willful false
statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both and may jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issuing thereon. The declarant must set forth in the body of the declaration that all statements made of the declarant’s own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.

Answer 173

True

Question 174

An affidavit must include an acknowledgment by the declarant that willful false
statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both and may jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issuing thereon. The declarant must set forth in the body of the declaration that all statements made of the declarant’s own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.

Answer 174

False

Question 175

A declaration is a statement in writing made under oath before a notary public, magistrate, or officer authorized to administer oaths.

Answer 175

False

Question 176

Because they are registered to practice before the USPTO, attorneys’ arguments may take the place of evidence in the record.

Answer 176

False

Question 177

Every patent includes an assumption of operability.

Answer 177

True

Question 178

Drawings must illustrate every feature of claims that is essential for a proper understanding of the invention.

Answer 178

True

Question 179

Chemical or mathematical formulae, tables, and waveforms may be submitted as drawings and are subject to the same requirements as drawings.

Answer 179

True

Question 180

Chemical or mathematical formulae, tables, and waveforms must be submitted as text in the specification.

Answer 180

False

Question 181

The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims.

Answer 181

True

Question 182

Design applications may include up to 4 claims with the proper fee.

Answer 182

False

Question 183

Any proposal by the applicant for amendment of the drawings to cure defects must be embodied in a separate sheet of paper.

Answer 183

True

Question 184

Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet.”

Answer 184

True

Question 185

The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.”

Answer 185

True

Question 186

The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should be labeled as “amended.”

Answer 186

False