Free US Patent Bar practice questions in the real five-choice format, each with the answer and the MPEP section that holds it, on MPEP Revision 01.2024; then three full timed mocks.

Patent Bar Exam Sample Questions 2026: Free Questions with MPEP Answers

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The four USPTO source documents, MPEP Revision 01.2024 and its 29 chapters, the rules and laws behind them, the 23 Sep 2026 exam update, and how the on-screen reference works.

What the US Patent Bar Tests in 2026: Source Materials and MPEP

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Twenty-one years of USPTO pass rates, how 90 scored and 10 beta questions work, what you see on screen, the retake waits and five-attempt rule now waived, and the failed-question review.

US Patent Bar Pass Rate FY2005-FY2026, 63 of 90 and Retakes

The USPTO application and exam fees, the Prometric fee the USPTO lists separately, the registration fee after a pass, extensions, reviews and petitions, with what is refundable.

US Patent Bar Fees 2026: USD 565 an Attempt and the Other Charges

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Which B.Tech, B.Sc, B.Pharm or design degrees meet the USPTO science requirement, the Category B hour options, transcripts and translations, and the gaps the USPTO leaves open.

US Patent Bar Eligibility 2026: Indian Degrees in Categories A to D

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The USPTO does not give the registration exam to non-US citizens living outside the US, and India has no reciprocity. What a green card or H-1B changes, and the routes open from India.

Can Indians Take the US Patent Bar? Not From India: 2026 Rules

The live facts on the USPTO registration examination: the September 23, 2026 exam update and its testing blackout, the MPEP revision under test, fees, the 63-of-90 pass mark and Prometric booking

Alerts and Updates for US Patent Bar Examination

USPTO Examination for Registration to Practice in Patent Cases. 100 MCQs / 6 hours, tested strictly on MPEP (Ch 100, 700, 1200, 2100 etc.).

US Patent Bar Examination

Historical USPTO exams 2001–2003 (last public release).

Past papers archive

US Patent Bar full mocks, MPEP-cited

US Patent Bar practice exam: 3 full mocks in the real format (100 questions, two 3-hour sessions of 50), MPEP Revision 01.2024, every answer cited to the MPEP. Free questions to try first.

3 full mocks of 100 five-choice questions for the USPTO registration examination, each in two timed three-hour sessions of 50, written for MPEP Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024. Every answer names the MPEP section, rule or statute, with a searchable MPEP beside the questions. Interactive, on the page. Independent practice material.

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Official 2026 syllabus extracted from https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/registrationexamsourcematerial.pdf

MPEP Chapter 100: Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing

Secrecy orders

Access to and confidentiality of applications

Foreign filing licences

Chapter 100 MPEP Chapter 200: Types and Status of Application; Benefit and Priority Claims

Utility, design, plant, reissue and provisional applications

Continuation, divisional and continuation-in-part applications

Benefit claims under 35 USC 119(e) and 120

Foreign priority under 35 USC 119(a) and restoration

Chapter 200 MPEP Chapter 300: Ownership and Assignment

Assignment and recording

Who may act as applicant

Chapter 300 MPEP Chapter 400: Representative of Applicant or Owner

Power of attorney

Practitioner of record and withdrawal

Chapter 400 MPEP Chapter 500: Receipt and Handling of Mail and Papers

Patent Center filing

Certificate of mailing (37 CFR 1.8)

Priority Mail Express (37 CFR 1.10)

Fees and entity status

Chapter 500 MPEP Chapter 600: Parts, Form, and Content of Application

Filing date requirements

Specification, claims and drawings

Inventor oath or declaration and application data sheet

Information disclosure statements

Chapter 600 MPEP Chapter 700: Examination of Applications

Time for reply and extensions of time

Final rejection and after-final practice

Request for continued examination

Abandonment and revival

Chapter 700 MPEP Chapter 800: Restriction in Applications Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111; Double Patenting

Restriction and election

Statutory and nonstatutory double patenting

Terminal disclaimers

Chapter 800 MPEP Chapter 900: Prior Art, Search, Classification, and Routing

Prior art search

Classification

Chapter 900 MPEP Chapter 1000: Matters Decided by Various U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Officials

Petitions and who decides them

Chapter 1000

MPEP Chapter 1100: Statutory Invention Registration (SIR); Pre-Grant Publication (PGPub) and Preissuance Submissions

Publication at 18 months

Nonpublication requests

Third-party preissuance submissions

Chapter 1100

MPEP Chapter 1200: Appeal

Notice of appeal and appeal brief

Examiner’s answer and reply brief

Decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Chapter 1200

MPEP Chapter 1300: Allowance and Issue

Notice of allowance and issue fee

Withdrawal from issue

Chapter 1300

MPEP Chapter 1400: Correction of Patents

Reissue, including broadening within two years

Certificates of correction

Disclaimers

Chapter 1400

MPEP Chapter 1500: Design Patents

Design claims and drawings

Design term and priority

Chapter 1500

MPEP Chapter 1600: Plant Patents

Plant patent applications

Chapter 1600

MPEP Chapter 1700: Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous matters

Chapter 1700

MPEP Chapter 1800: Patent Cooperation Treaty

International applications

National stage entry under 35 USC 371

Chapter 1800

MPEP Chapter 1900: Protest

Protests by third parties

Chapter 1900

MPEP Chapter 2000: Duty of Disclosure

Duty of candour and good faith (37 CFR 1.56)

Inequitable conduct

Chapter 2000

MPEP Chapter 2100: Patentability

Subject matter eligibility (35 USC 101)

Novelty under the AIA (35 USC 102)

Obviousness (35 USC 103)

Written description, enablement and definiteness (35 USC 112)

Chapter 2100

MPEP Chapter 2200: Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents

Citation of prior art

Ex parte reexamination

Chapter 2200

MPEP Chapter 2300: Interference and Derivation Proceedings

Derivation proceedings

Interferences (pre-AIA)

Chapter 2300

MPEP Chapter 2400: Biotechnology

Deposits of biological material

Sequence listings

Chapter 2400

MPEP Chapter 2500: Maintenance Fees

When maintenance fees fall due

Grace period and acceptance of late payment

Chapter 2500

MPEP Chapter 2600: Optional Inter Partes Reexamination

Inter partes reexamination (historical)

Chapter 2600

MPEP Chapter 2700: Patent Terms, Adjustments, and Extensions

20-year patent term

Patent term adjustment

Patent term extension

Chapter 2700

MPEP Chapter 2800: Supplemental Examination

Supplemental examination

Chapter 2800

MPEP Chapter 2900: International Design Applications

Hague Agreement design applications

Chapter 2900

Consolidated Trial Practice Guide (November 2019)

Inter partes review

Post-grant review

Trial procedure before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

PTAB trials

Representation of Others Before the USPTO: final rules (3 April 2013)

USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct (37 CFR Part 11)

Confidentiality, conflicts and client funds

Ethics and representation

Global and IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programs

Requesting PPH participation

Claim correspondence requirement