INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FINAL EXAM 2025REAL 150

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FINAL EXAM 2025/REAL 150

QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/A+ GRADE

• What is a patent? -ANS:->>> A fixed-duration monopoly on the use of an invention
• What is the length of a patent? -ANS:->>> 20 years from the filing date

• How does a patent work?

-ANS:->>> It only grants the right to limit/restrict the use of the invention (It doesn't grant permission to use the invention, e.g., if it's illegal)

• What is the purpose of the patent system?

-ANS:->>> To benefit society by encouraging innovation and public disclosure of inventions

• What are the requirements for patentability?

-ANS:->>> 1) The invention must be novel

2) The invention must be non-obvious

3) The invention must be useful

• Who does patent priority go to?

-ANS:->>>It goes to first to file, NOT first to invent

The US went first-to-file in 2011

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• Can you patent abstract ideas and patents? -ANS:->>> No, but the means or manner

in which the ideas are applied can be Example :A computer algorithm cannot be

patented, but it's use in a specific application can be

8. What are claims? -ANS:->>> They are the invention(s)

• What are independent claims? -ANS:->>> The most general form of the invention

• What are dependent claims? -ANS:->>> They express more restricted/limited forms

of the invention

• How should you draft claims? -ANS:->>> You should start with the broadest possible

independent claims and then create successively narrower dependent claims

• What are the average price of patents? -ANS:->>> The cost to file is $70. Once the patent

has been allowed, then an issue fee of $450 is required

• What is a provisional patent? -ANS:->>> A minimal application used to get priority

date on a patent. It contains just the specification (body) of a patent application

• An invention cannot be patented if its details have already been

published. What constitutes "publication" in this context? -ANS:->>> Any disclosure of details 2 / 4

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of an invention in a manner that makes them available to people outside a limited set of colleagues is considered to be publication of the invention

• What are design patents? -ANS:->>> Patents obtained for distinctive non- functional

(i.e. purely ornamental) features of an item that is otherwise useful

• How are design patents different from copyright? -ANS:->>> They only apply to orna-

mental design applied to something useful

17. How are design patents drafted? -ANS:->>> Solid lines represent

elements/features representing the design to be patented Dotted lines represent elements that are not part of the design. They can be thought of as a kind of "preferred embodiment"

• What constitutes patent infringement? -ANS:->>> It occurs whenever all the

elements (or steps) of a claim are present

• What is the key to a strong design patent? -ANS:->>> Have as few claimed design

elements (solid lines) as possible

20. Where is patent infringement handled? -ANS:->>> In civil court

• How many claims can you have on a patent? -ANS:->>> USPTO initial filing fee allows

for 3 independent claims and 20 dependent claims. Going over these limits is possible, but 3 / 4

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there are extra fees in doing so.

22. What are the types of patents? -ANS:->>> 1) Utility Patents

2) Design Patents

3) Plant Patents

• What is copyright? -ANS:->>> The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an as-

signee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.Today in the US, you do not have to officially register/file to have copyright over your work

• How long does copyright last? -ANS:->>> Begins at the moment of creation and lasts for a

period of 70 years after the author's death

• How is US copyright different from most of the world? -ANS:->>> It allows for almost

limitless freedom to parody public figures and copyrighted works

• What is fair use? -ANS:->>> The doctrine that brief excerpts of copyright material

may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder.

• What is the first-sale doctrine? -ANS:->>> The right of first-sale doctrine is sometimes

referred to as the exhaustion rule because it says that the copyright holder's control over a

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