試題詳解

5 A filed a patent application on the invention X in U.S. on January 1, 2014. For the purpose of the international patent strategy, A is also filing a patent application of the same invention in Taiwan on November 1, 2014. But A found that B has filed the same invention in Taiwan earlier than November 1, 2014. In order to secure the novelty requirement of A’s application on the invention X in Taiwan, A should follow the Taiwan Patent Act to ____ about the patent application in Taiwan. Choose the one sentence that best completes the above sentence.
(A)request an earlier publication
(B)claim the international priority
(C)request a substantive examination
(D)amend the claims