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  1. What Is the Patent Bar? FindLaw
    Exam format: 100 questions, 10 unscored, two three-hour sections, 70% of scored questions to pass.
  2. Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) USPTO
    The examination manual the patent bar is tested on; open book during the exam.
  3. Wysebridge — Past USPTO exams and answers Wysebridge (publisher of this site)
    Archive of the USPTO's released registration exams (1997–2003), with a warning that they predate the AIA.
  4. Wysebridge — Patent bar exam simulator Wysebridge (publisher of this site)
    Timed AM/PM practice modeled on the Prometric test center.
  5. Wysebridge — Prometric MPEP simulator Wysebridge (publisher of this site)
    A replica of the exam-day MPEP viewer for practicing lookups.