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Under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(e), an international application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) has the prior art effect of an application filed in the United States only if which of the following conditions are satisfied?
According to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(e), an international application filed under the treaty defined in section 351(a) has the effect for the purposes of subsection 102(e) of an application filed in the United States only if the international application designated the United States and was published under Article 21(2) of such treaty in the English language.
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According to MPEP § 2120.02, a rejection under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a) or (b) regarding knowledge by others, public use, or placement of the invention on sale may be established by which of the following?
MPEP § 2120.02 states that an applicant may make an admission, or submit evidence of sale of the invention or knowledge of the invention by others, or the examiner may have personal knowledge that the invention was sold by applicant or known by others to establish or support a rejection under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a) or (b).
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According to USPTO guidelines regarding prior art searches conducted by Office personnel, what should the search cover when determining what to search for?
According to the MPEP text, under 'What To Search For', the search should cover the claimed subject matter and should also cover the disclosed features which might reasonably be expected to be claimed. See MPEP § 904.02.
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According to MPEP 2173.05(e), inherent components of elements recited have antecedent basis in the recitation of the elements themselves (e.g., "the outer surface of said sphere" does not require explicit prior recitation of an outer surface). Option C is incorrect because failure to provide explicit antecedent basis does not always render a claim indefinite if the scope is reasonably ascertainable. Option D is incorrect because an outer surface is an inherent component of a sphere. Option A is incorrect as Ex parte Porter held that "controlled stream of fluid" provided reasonable antecedent basis for "the controlled fluid."
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According to USPTO guidance on claim interpretation regarding 35 U.S.C. 112(f), how are non-traditional terms such as 'code' and 'application' evaluated when determining if a claim limitation invokes 35 U.S.C. 112(f)?
Under USPTO claim interpretation guidelines (citing Dyfan, LLC v. Target Corp. and Zeroclick, LLC v. Apple Inc.), terms such as 'code' and 'application' are not generic placeholders where persons of ordinary skill in the art would understand the terms in combination with the function performed by the code or application as connoting structure.
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