Practitioner Registration Examination Source Material

Source Materials for the Registration Examination

 

For the current registration examination, until April 4, 2011, the source material for the questions and answers on the current examination is:

1.      Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), Edition 8, Revision 4

(available at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/old/mpep_E8R4.htm).

 

For the updated registration examination beginning April 12, 2011, the source material for the questions and answers will be: 

1.     Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), Edition 8, Revision 8 (available at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep.htm);

2.     Examination Guidelines Update: Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After KSR v. Teleflex (available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-21646.pdf);

3.     New Interim Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Examination Instructions, August 2009 (available at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/opla/2009-08-25_interim_101_instructions.pdf);

4.     Interim Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims in View of Bilski v. Kappos (available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-18424.pdf);

5.      Interim Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims in View of Bilski v. Kappos, July 2010 (available at http://www.uspto.gov/patents/law/exam/bilski_guidance_27jul2010.pdf); and

6.     Supplementary Examination Guidelines for Determining Compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 112 and for Treatment of Related Issues in Patent Applications (available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/pdf/2011-2841.pdf)