Wk 03 EOC: Sample Jeopardy Questions

Q. Part of the one-year rule, the _____________holds that any invention that is placed on sale more than one year before a patent application is filed on it is not eligible for a patent.
A.  On-Sale Statutory Bar

Q. ____________ is a principle that a government is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution. For the purposes of patent law, it refers to the fact that the state governments cannot be liable for patent infringement.  
A. Sovereign Immunity  

Q. ____________ is a patent search may be conducted after a patent has issued for the purpose of discovering any fact that might be used to invalidate, and thus break, the patent. Generally conducted by the defendant in a patent infringement action.

A.  Validity Search