1 What does the term “patent pending” mean?
(A) patent assigned to
(B) patent mortgaged
(C) patent litigated
(D) patent applied for

2 What does the term “prosecution history estoppel” mean? (A) the doctrine of equivalents (B) the doctrine of all elements (C) inter partes reexaminations (D) file-wrapper estoppel

複選題3 An invention patent application is filed on January 1, 2010. The application is published 18 months later on July 1, 2011 and granted on May 30, 2013. The patent is valid until: (A) May 30, 2033(20 years from the granted date of the patent) (B) July 1, 2031(20 years from the publication date of the application) (C) January 1, 2030(20 years from the filing date of the application) (D) some other date

4 If the patent examiner does produce a_____ case, the burden of coming forward with evidence or arguments shifts to the applicant who may submit additional evidence of non-obviousness. Choose the one phase that best completes the above sentences. (A) all elements (B) inherency (C) burden of Proof (D) prima facie

5 The EPO allowed a patent on a transgenic animal that had been bred as a research tool for cancer studies despite objections that it was _____ to patented life. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentences. (A) immoral (B) immortal (C) irreverent (D) insignificant

6 European patents shall not be granted in respect of inventions the commercial of which would be contrary to ‘ordre public’ or morality. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentences. (A) exploitation (B) anticipation (C) incentive (D) litigation

7 The expression “either A or B, but not both” in a patent specification or claim has the sense of: (A) implying the presence of both A and B. (B) implying the presence of A or the presence of B, or the presence of A and B. (C) implying the presence of A or the presence of B, but not the presence of both A and B. (D) implying the absence of both A and B.

8 According to the Patent Act in Taiwan, which of the following statements is not correct? (A) According to Article 52, patent rights shall start from the filing date of the application. (B) The term of an invention patent shall not exceed a period of twenty years from the filing date of the application. (C) An invention that involves national defense secrets or any other secrets pertaining to national security might be granted. (D) The term of a design patent shall not exceed a period of twelve years from the filing date of the application.

9 The requirement of industrial applicability in the EPC means that it must be shown that the invention can be made or used in any kind of industry. Which of the following statements is true? (A) In the Unites States, the equivalent criterion requires utility. (B) In the Unites States, the equivalent criterion requires novelty. (C) In the Unites States, the equivalent criterion requires inventive steps. (D) In the Unites States, the equivalent criterion requires fully disclosure.

10 Which of the following patentability statements is not correct? (A) Enablement requires the patent applicant to submit already functionally sample embodiment type of the invention to the patent examiners. (B) The invention that one skilled in the art must be enabled to make and use is that defined by the claim(s) of the particular application or patent. (C) Enablement requires a person of “outstanding skill in the art” of the invention can make and use the invention without “undue experimentation”. (D) The information contained in the disclosure of an application must be sufficient to inform those skilled in the relevant art how to both make and use the claimed invention.

11 According to the Patent Act in Taiwan, which of the following statement is correct? (A) The right to apply for a patent is not assignable, but the patent right is inheritable. (B) Both the right to apply for a patent or the patent right are assignable and inheritable. (C) The right to apply for a patent shall be taken as the subject of a pledge. (D) Where an invention made by an employee in the performance of his job duties, the right to apply for a patent shall belong to the employee.

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