` Patent Drafting for Beginners: Week 2

Answers: Week 2 Assignment 2

Instructions
A. This Assignment is of 10 points. Each question is of 1 point.
B. All the questions are compulsory.
C. Questions 1-6 are Multiple Choice Questions with only one option correct
D. Questions 7-10 are Multiple Select Questions with more than one option
correct (At least two options are correct). Marks will only be awarded if all
the options are correct.
E. Students should read the questions very carefully before answering.
F. There is no negative marking.

1. Which section defines the scope of the invention for which protection is claimed
for claim or complete specification shall end with claims
a) Section 10(4)
b) Section 10(5)
c) Section 11(6)
d) Rule 13(4)
Answer: a)

2. Problem- Solution statement addresses

a) Problem only
b) Solution only
c) Both problem and solution
d) None of the above
Answer: c)

3. When patent application has No unity of the invention, controller ask to file
a) PCT application
b) Patent of Addition
c) Conventional application
d) Divisional Application
Answer: d)

4. Open-ended transition is
a) Consisting
b) Consisting essentially of
 c) Comprehending
d) Comprising
Answer: d)

5. Statement 1: Claims define the scope of the invention.

Statement 2: Claims relate to multiple invention must be brought in single
problem-solution statement.
a) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false
b) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
c) Statements 1 and 2 are false
d) Statements 1 and 2 are true
Answer: a)

6. Claims contrary to well established natural laws is not allowed in patent drafting
Statement 2: Claims defining a method of performing a mental task are allowed
in patent drafting
a) Statement 1 is true, 2 is false
b) Statement 1 is false, 2 is true
c) Statements 1 and 2 are true
d) Statements 1 and 2 are false
Answer: a)

7. Which of the following laudatory phrases are not allowed in the body of a claim?
a) Novel
b) Inventive
c) More efficacious
d) Enhanced efficacy
Answer: a), b), c), d)

8. Parts of claims includes

a) Preamble
b) Transition
c) Body
d) None
Answer: a), b), c)

9. What is TRUE about the preamble

a) An element derives antecedent basis from the preamble.
b) Preamble defines the field of the invention.
c) IPC code to determine the class of the claim.
 d) Explains the invention
Answer: a). b), c)

10. Subject matter which cannot be patentable

a) Claims contrary to well established natural laws
b) Scientific principle or abstract theory
c) Method of agriculture
d) Plants and animals
Answer: a), b), c), d)