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A comprehensive guide to the prosecution and post-grant practice topics most heavily tested on the USPTO Patent Bar Exam: patent specification and claim structure, claim drafting principles, inter partes and ex parte proceedings at the PTAB, trademark opposition and cancellation, and PCT international application procedure.
The three substantive requirements for US patent protection — novelty (35 USC § 102), non-obviousness (35 USC § 103), and utility (35 USC § 101) — plus the AIA grace period for inventor disclosures — Lecture 2 of the Patent Law Basics series.
Weber's bureaucratic model, its dysfunctions, hierarchy and span of control, centralization vs. decentralization, and organizational types (line, staff, committee, matrix) — second lecture in the Public Administration Basics series.
The differences between internal reports, action memos, and official letters in U.S. government writing, practical drafting techniques, approval chain design, and common errors with before/after corrections — second lecture in the Professional & Government Document Writing series.
The three principles of taxation (efficiency, equity, simplicity), tax incidence theory (statutory vs. economic incidence), how elasticity determines the distribution of the tax burden, and capital tax incidence — Chapter 2 of the US Public Finance series.
US real estate salesperson exam — types of property ownership, estates in land, co-ownership forms, encumbrances, mortgages, and title transfer.
Land rent theories (Ricardo, von Thünen, Alonso), the principles of real estate value, and the three approaches to appraisal — the second lesson in the Real Estate Basics series.
Types of real estate disclosure (seller property disclosure, RESPA disclosures, material facts), preliminary title reports, and the difference between a preliminary title report and title insurance — the second lesson in the Real Estate Disclosure Basics series.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), eligibility requirements, benefit types, work requirements, and the appeals process — Part 2 of the Social Welfare Law Basics series.
Definitions of probability and axioms, conditional probability, Bayes' theorem, and independent events — Chapter 2 of the Statistics Basics series.