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1、UnitedStatesPatentandTrademarkOfficeRegistrationExaminationforPatentAttorneysandAgentsOctober15,2003MorningSessionModelAnswers1.ANSWER:(C)isthemostcorrectanswer.MPEP§2163.06,undertheheading“ReviewOfNewMatterObjectionsAndRejections,”states“ArejectionofclaimsisreviewablebytheBoardofPatentAppealsand

2、Interferences,whereasanobjectionandrequirementtodeletenewmatterissubjecttosupervisoryreviewbypetitionunder37CFR1.181.Ifboththeclaimsandspecificationcontainnewmattereitherdirectlyorindirectly,andtherehasbeenbotharejectionandobjectionbytheexaminer,theissuebecomesappealableandshouldnotbedecidedbypet

3、ition.”Answer(C)isnotaccordwiththeUSPTOrulesandtheproceduressetforthintheMPEP.(A),(B)and(D)areincorrect.TheyareinaccordwithproperUSPTOprocedure.SeeMPEP§2163.06,undertheheading“ReviewOfNewMatterObjectionsAndRejections.”(E)isnotcorrectbecause(C)iscorrect.MPEP§2163.06.2.CREDITGIVENFORALLANSWERS.3.AN

4、SWER:(B)isthemostcorrectanswer.MPEP§713.01,undertheheading“SchedulingAndConductingAnInterview,”states“[a]ninterviewshouldbehadonlywhenthenatureofthecaseissuchthattheinterviewcouldservetodevelopandclarifyspecificissuesandleadtoamutualunderstandingbetweentheexaminerandtheapplicant,andtherebyadvance

5、theprosecutionoftheapplication.”(A)isincorrect.37CFR§1.133(a)(2);MPEP§713.02.Section713.02statesthatalthough“[a]requestforaninterviewpriortothefirstOfficeactionisordinarilygrantedincontinuingorsubstituteapplications[,][a]requestforaninterviewinallotherapplicationsbeforethefirstactionisuntimelyand

6、willnotbeacknowledgedifwritten,orgrantediforal.37CFR1.133(a).”(C)isincorrect.MPEP§713.03.LarryisonlysoundingouttheexaminerandhasnoauthoritytocommitJoetoanyagreementreachedwiththeexaminer.(D)isincorrect.MPEP§713.09.Janehasnorighttoaninterviewfollowingthefinalrejection.Althoughsuchaninterviewmaybeg

7、rantediftheexaminerisconvincedthatdisposalorclarificationforappealmaybeaccomplishedwithonlynominalfurtherconsideration,interviewsmerelytorestateargumentsofrecordortodiscussnewlimitationswhichwouldrequiremorethannominal