5 Although ideas are ________ subject matter, the application of an idea is not. In fact, it is the distinction between the idea and its application that defines the area of patentability. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentence:
(A) inaugural
(B) ineligible
(C) incisive
(D) incentive

1 A ________ referred to in Article 25 of the Patent Act is a document containing the title of the invention, description of the invention, abstract of the invention, and scope of the claims. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentence: (A) instruction (B) manual (C) prospectus (D) specification

2 A patent application is a request ________ at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) for the grant of a patent described and claimed by that application. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentence: (A) during (B) expanding (C) pending (D) suspending

3 In the case of taking patent right as the subject of a pledge, the ________ shall not be allowed to put the patent under pledge into practice, unless otherwise provided for as a covenant in an agreement. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentence: (A) pledgor (B) pledgee (C) obligee (D) creditor

4 John is an employee of Smart Corp. and creates an invention in the performance of his job duties. The person ________ to apply for the patent shall be Smart Corp., unless otherwise provided for in an agreement between John and Smart Corp. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentence: (A) embedded (B) enjoined (C) entitled (D) enriched

6 If a patent is ________ by the TIPO or a competent court, it is treated as never having existed. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentence: (A) distinguished (B) expired (C) revoked (D) terminated

7 The novelty provisions focus on certain events constituting ________ that may occur prior to invention and, if they do, prohibit patentability for lack of novelty. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentence: (A) possibility (B) dissipation (C) constellation (D) anticipation

8 A person seeking to protect an invention idea should diligently ________ the idea to practice. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentence: (A) reduce (B) reject (C) reconcile (D) reiterate

9 The non-obviousness requirement serves to establish the minimum level of innovation over the prior art that is necessary for obtaining a patent. The “non-obviousness” is also known as ________ under the European Patent Convention. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the above sentence: (A) inventive step (B) non-apparentness (C) novelty (D) uniqueness 

10 The novelty inquiry is into the entire prior art, whether or not applicable, pertinent, or analogous. All that matters is that somewhere in the prior art the invention may be ________ disclosed. Choose the one phrase that best completes the above sentence: (A) periodically possibly (B) extremely ironically (C) substantially identically (D) unduly faintly

11 ________ are concerned with the appearance of an article rather than its structure or utilitarian features. Choose the one phrase that best completes the above sentence: (A) Design patents (B) Utility patents (C) Plant patents (D) Process patents