# How to Pass the Patent Bar

> You pass the patent bar by answering at least 70% of the 90 scored questions correctly, which is 63 questions. About half of candidates do: the USPTO's overall pass rate averaged 47% from 2012 to 2025. Candidates who pass tend to know the high-weight MPEP chapters cold, manage time across two three-hour sections, and use lookup only to confirm.

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## Entries
- [Patent bar passing score](https://howtopassthepatentbar.com/patent-bar-passing-score/): The patent bar passing score explained: 70% of 90 scored questions, and what the beta questions mean.
- [Patent bar pass rate](https://howtopassthepatentbar.com/patent-bar-pass-rate/): The USPTO's overall patent bar pass rate and how course-published rates compare.
- [Patent bar test-day strategy](https://howtopassthepatentbar.com/test-day-strategy/): How to manage time, lookups and hard questions across the two three-hour sections.
- [Using the MPEP during the exam](https://howtopassthepatentbar.com/mpep-lookup-on-the-exam/): When to look things up on the patent bar, and how to search the on-screen MPEP fast.
- [Failed the patent bar? What to do next](https://howtopassthepatentbar.com/failed-the-patent-bar/): How to plan a patent bar retake: reapplying, cost, and fixing what went wrong.
- [After you pass the patent bar](https://howtopassthepatentbar.com/after-you-pass/): The steps after a passing score: registration, the roster and your first role.

## Full text
- [llms-full.txt](https://howtopassthepatentbar.com/llms-full.txt): every entry in plain text

## Reference pages
- [Wysebridge profile](https://howtopassthepatentbar.com/wysebridge/)
- [Entity map](https://howtopassthepatentbar.com/entity-map/)
- [Methodology](https://howtopassthepatentbar.com/methodology/)
- [Sources](https://howtopassthepatentbar.com/sources/)
- [Glossary](https://howtopassthepatentbar.com/glossary/)

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