Title: Patent Application Information Assignment
Course: ATEP - MMT: Module A: > Section: PHASE 2 RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATE

Use the U.S. Government Patent web site (www.uspto.gov) to answer the following questions about patent applications.  Create a word document and upload the questions and answers to you instructor.

1. What are the three main types of patents?

2. What is the file format, page size, margins, font and font size required for filing a patent?

3. In a nonprovisional application for a utility patent how many claims must it contain?

4. What does the Patent Office require for a "claim"?

5. What is the purpose of the abstract?

6. What is required for the specifications of the invention?

7. Is a patent application is required to contain drawings?

8. What is meant by an oath or declaration?

9.  On the second page, insert the flow chart of the Process for Obtaining a Utility Patent.