Patent Drafting for Beginners: Week 4

Answers: Week 4 Assignment 4

Instructions
A. This Assignment is of 10 points. Each question is of 1 point.
B. All the questions are compulsory.
C. Questions 1-8 are Multiple Choice Questions with only one option correct
D. Questions 9-10 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. Drawing may or shall be supplied if the controller so requires, with

a) Provisional Specification
b) Complete Specification
c) Provisional Specification or Complete Specification
d) Proof of Right
Answer: c)

2. Sufficiency requirement for the specification ensures

a) Enablement with disclosure to be clear and intelligible
b) Operation or use of the invention
c) To fully and particularly describe the invention
d) To perform without undue experimentation
Answer: a)

3. Word limit for the ‘Title of the invention’ is.

a) 15 Words
b) 10 Words
c) 5 Words
d) 20 Words
Answer: a)

4. Scope of Enablement does NOT encompass

a) Claimed subject matter
b) Trade secrets
c) Skilled Person in the art
d) Performed without undue experiment
Answer: b)
5. The Scope of best method
a) Applies only to the claimed subject matter
b) Known on date of grant
c) Should match the commercial method
d) Not inventor but applicant should believe the best method to be sufficient
Answer: a)

6. Problem in the technical field is narrated in ……….. part of the specification.

a) Claims
b) Abstract
c) Background
d) Summary
Answer: c)

7. Statement 1: The Patent specification constitute description and claim.

Statement 2: Abstract shall be so drafted that it constitutes an efficient instrument for
searching in a particular field.
a) Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False
b) Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True
c) Both Statement 1 and 2 are true.
d) Both Statement 1 and 2 are false.
Answer: c)

8. Statement 1: Scope of the Best method must match or be the commercial method.
Statement 2: Best Method of performing the invention is known to the applicant for
which he is entitled to claim protection.
a) Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False
b) Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True
c) Both statements 1 and 2 are true
d) Both statements 1 and 2 are false
Answer: b)

9. Every Specification shall

a) Fully and particularly describe the invention
b) Describe the method by which it is to be performed
c) Disclose the best method
d) Provide all confidential information
Answer: a), b), c)

10. Patents are addressed to

a) President of the country
b) Patent Agent
c) Person Skilled in the art
d) Examiner or judges
Answer: b), c), d)