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. Which of these statements about the European Patent Convention is true?

a) It provides for a single patent covering all member states correct incorrect

b) It is an EU treaty correct incorrect

c) It sets up the European Patent Office, which deals with the granting and enforcement of European patents correct incorrect

d) It harmonises the patent laws of the member states correct incorrect

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. To apply for a patent, an inventor must:

a) file an application at a patent office which must comply with formal and technical requirements correct incorrect

b) draft the full specification of the patent they seek, which cannot be later amended correct incorrect

c) demonstrate that their invention works correct incorrect

d) state the date on which the invention was first "reduced to practice" correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements about the excluded categories in s. 1 PA 1977 are true?

a) Anything that is not excluded is patentable correct incorrect

b) Anything that is not excluded and is a patent for an "invention" is patentable correct incorrect

c) According to the EPO, the excluded categories are examples of non-technical subject-matter correct incorrect

d) According to the UK Court of Appeal, the inventive step and novelty of a patent must lie outside the excluded areas correct incorrect

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. The patentability of biotechnological inventions is limited in which of the following ways?

a) Patents relating to human genes cannot be patented correct incorrect

b) Genetic sequences on their own cannot be patented correct incorrect

c) Inventions that cause suffering to humans or animals cannot be patented correct incorrect

d) Patents that relate to medical treatment cannot be patented correct incorrect

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. A patent will be invalid for lack of novelty if:

a) products falling within the claim were sold to the public before the priority date correct incorrect

b) the process claimed was carried on commercially before the priority date correct incorrect

c) a description of the product (in the case of a product claim) was published before the priority date correct incorrect

d) a video describing how to make the product claimed was published on the internet prior to the priority date correct incorrect

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. An invention claimed in a patent is obvious if:

a) the skilled person could, without undue burden, have developed the claimed invention correct incorrect

b) , once the skilled person had been directed to come up with a solution to the problem solved by the invention, she would have found the claimed invention correct incorrect

c) if the skilled person, working from a particular piece of prior art and bearing in mind common general knowledge, would have identified a problem to be solved and in solving it found the claimed invention correct incorrect

d) the prior art contains a clear signpost to seek developments in the area of the invention correct incorrect

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. The linked legal concepts of support for claims and sufficiency of teaching govern the relationship between what is claimed and the content of the description. Which of the following statements about these requirements is incorrect?

a) The invention must be taught in an enabling fashion across the breadth of the claims correct incorrect

b) Provided one embodiment of the claim is taught, the requirements are met correct incorrect

c) The description must distinguish the claims from the prior art correct incorrect

d) The skilled person must be able, without due burden, to carry out the invention across the breadth of the claim correct incorrect

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. Kirin-Amgen v Transkaryotic Therapies [2002]...

a) adopted the "doctrine of equivalents" correct incorrect

b) confirmed the previous UK approach to claim interpretation correct incorrect

c) held that the so-called "Protocol questions" as set out in Improver were useful in some cases but not in others correct incorrect

d) held that claim interpretation required close attention to the literal wording of the claim correct incorrect

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. You can infringe a patent by:

a) making a product for your own personal use correct incorrect

b) making different products to the invention in order to research their technical effectiveness correct incorrect

c) selling the main components of the product, together with instructions how to assemble it using commonly available fastening components such as nuts, bolts, cable-ties and so on correct incorrect

d) publishing drawings of the product on your website correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements about the action for groundless threats is true?

a) To be actionable, a threat must be in writing correct incorrect

b) It is OK to threaten manufacturers or importers correct incorrect

c) The threat is considered from the point of view of the skilled person receiving it correct incorrect

d) Only the person threatened may take action correct incorrect