18 In accordance with the Guidelines for Substantive Examination of Invention Patent, which of the
following written or electronic form of material is not a “printed publication” under the Patent Act
Art. 22?
(A) An oral presentation at the meeting, where the audiences are invited persons and the presentation
material was distributed to attendees in written form with restriction to sign a nondisclosure
agreement.
(B) A doctoral thesis that was cataloged and shelved in only one university library, where there is no
evidence that anyone ever actually looked at the manual.
(C) A reference available only in electronic form on the internet, which states that it was publicly
posted on June 16, 2020.
(D) A technical manual that was shelved and cataloged in a public library.