9 Patent law has the goal of inducing inventors to reveal their discoveries. “reveal” means:
(A) respect
(B) revolutionize
(C) reverse
(D) disclose

5 A patent application can claim a conventional right of priority in the R.O.C., as long as the applicant is a citizen of a WTO member or the home country allows R.O.C. nationals to claim priority based on ______. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentence: (A) reciprocity (B) recognition (C) registration (D) reception

6 While a scientific truth, or the mathematical ______ of it, is not a patentable invention, a novel and useful structure created with the aid of knowledge of scientific truth may be. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentence: (A) laptop (B) expression (C) materials (D) machinery

7 The question before us in this case is a narrow one of statutory interpretation requiring us to construe Article 1 of the Patent Act. “construe” means: (A) construct (B) explain (C) evaluate (D) consider （請接背面） 律師、會計師、社會工作師 70150 全一張

98年專門職業及技術人員高等考試 不動產估價師、專利師 考試試題 ～ 代號： 70650 （背面） 類 科： 專利師 科 目： 專業英文 8 The Supreme Court reinforced the doctrine of patent exhaustion and affirmed its application to method patents in a recent case. “exhaustion” means: (A) excursion (B) usefulness (C) use-up (D) novelty

10 The Supreme Court had established that the test for infringement of a design patent is whether in the eye of an ordinary observer, giving such attention as a purchaser usually gives, two designs are substantially the same. “substantially” means: (A) essentially (B) rationally (C) supposedly (D) generally

11 A plaintiff can ask the Court to examine the lost profit damages that ensue from an offer to sell an infringing product. “ensue” means: (A) ensure (B) preclude (C) distinguish (D) result

12 What constitutes an abuse of patent under the Patent Act is not clear. “abuse” means: (A) infringement (B) curse (C) misuse (D) deception

13 A positive result of a patent search does not predict with certainty whether an invention is or is not patentable but is used as a guide to whether further action is likely to be worthwhile. “predict” means: (A) translate (B) assess (C) forecast (D) determine

14 The date when a patent is no longer valid in a country or system due to failure to pay renewal (maintenance) fees is called: (A) lapse (B) termination (C) expiration (D) suspension

15 The “______” is a list of citations of all published prior art documents which are relevant to the patent application. (A) priority date (B) search report (C) patent pool (D) inventive step