Source Materials for the Registration Examination

The source materials for the questions and answers on the current registration examination are:

1. Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), Edition 8, Revision 8;

2. Examination Guidelines Update: Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After KSR v. Teleflex ;

3. New Interim Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Examination Instructions, August 2009;

4. Interim Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims in View of Bilski v. Kappos, July 2010;

5. Interim Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims in View of Bilski v. Kappos, July 2010;

6. Supplementary Examination Guidelines for Determining Compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 112 and for Treatment of Related Issues in Patent Applications, February 2011;

7. Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination Timing Control Procedures Under the Leahy- Smith America Invents Act (September 23, 2011);

8. Revision of Standard for Granting an Inter Partes Reexamination Request (September 23, 2011);

9. Rules of Practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals (November 22, 2011);

10. Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112-29, Sept. 16, 2011);

11. Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg. 42150, July 17, 2012);

12. Citation of Prior Art in a Patent File Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg. 46615, August 6, 2012);

13. Inventor’s Oath or Declaration Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg. 48776, August, 14, 2012);

14. Supplemental Examination Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg. 48828, August 14, 2012);

15. Inter Partes, Post Grant, and Covered Business Method Review Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg. 48680, August 14, 2012).

 

The source materials for the questions and answers on the updated registration examination beginning on or about April 2, 2013 will be:

1. Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), Edition 8, Revision 9;

2. Revision of Standard for Granting an Inter Partes Reexamination Request (September 23, 2011); 

3. Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg. 42150, July 17, 2012);

4. Citation of Prior Art in a Patent File Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg. 46615, August 6, 2012);

5. Inventor’s Oath or Declaration Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg. 48776, August, 14, 2012);

6. Supplemental Examination Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg. 48828, August 14, 2012);

7. Inter Partes, Post Grant, and Covered Business Method Review Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg. 48680, August 14, 2012);

8. Derivation Proceeding Final Rules (77 Fed. Reg.56068, September 11, 2012);

9. PTAB Practice Guide (77 Fed. Reg. 48756, August 14, 2012)