rplotkin

How many points possible on bar exam?

Category: Patent Bar Exam

sweetlg

I am assuming that you are asking about the patent bar exam right?

“USPTO in patent cases must achieve a passing grade of 70 in both the morning and afternoon sections of the Registration Examination.” -- quote from USPTO

What it means is that out of the 100 questions on the exam, you need to get 70 or more questions right to pass because there is no scaling or curve. In short, the highest score is 100 and the lowest score is 0, and you need 70 to pass.

If you are talking about a state bar exam, please specify which state you are talking about.

Upnorthguy

For the patent bar, that is actually not the correct number required to pass.

Of the 100 questions, 10 are development questions (like on the MBE) that do not count towards your score. You still need 70% correct to pass, but it is out of 90 questions so you need 63 or more correct answers (out of that 90).