Pro se personnel are available to meet with applicants to answer patentrelated questions and assist in filing their applications. Direct your questions regarding filing applications electronically to the Electronic Business Center at 8662179197.The patent bar exam is a multiplechoice examination made up of 100 questions. The legal answer is, of course, yes. Thomas Jefferson filed his own patent application, as have many inventors over the last two centuries. What is required to file a provisional patent application? A. a detailed description of the invention. The patent bar consists of 100 multiplechoice questions, administered in two sections of three hours each. Getting a patent in New York is the same as any other state. The patent application is filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).