9 Which of the following cannot be used as a defense against patent infringement accusations?
(A) Forum shopping
(B) Implied license
(C) Inequitable conduct
(D) Patent exhaustion

5 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following circumstance does not lead to the extinguishment of a patent right? (A) The patent term has expired (B) The patentee has charged excessive royalties (C) The patentee has passed away without heirs (D) The patentee abandoned the patent

6 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following subject could be granted a design patent? (A) The shape of an article solely dictated by its function (B) The layout of integrated circuits and electronic circuits (C) Fine arts (D) The graphic user interface applied to an article

7 Which of the following is not the requirement for patentability? (A) Novelty (B) Inventive step (C) Secrecy (D) Industrial applicability

8 ________ is found where the accused subject matter falls precisely within the express boundaries of the patent claim. (A) Doctrine of equivalents (B) Literal infringement (C) Unclean hands doctrine (D) Equitable estoppel

10 Which of the following can be used as extrinsic evidence in claim interpretation? (A) Specification (B) Dictionaries (C) Patent claims (D) Prosecution history

11 Which of the following issue could possibly be argued in patent litigation while the claims employ words of degree, such as “close to,” “approximately,” “substantially equal,” or “closely approximate”? (A) Definiteness (B) Inventorship (C) Utility (D) Eligibility

12 Which of the following requirement mandates the patentee to disclose sufficient information in the patent application so that a skilled artisan would be able to practice the claimed invention without undue experimentation? (A) Eligibility (B) Enablement (C) Estoppel (D) Essentiality

13 The court has the discretion to increase the damages up to three times the amount found or assessed. The so-called “enhanced damages” are frequently awarded when the infringer acted in blatant disregard of the patentee’s rights. This circumstance is termed ________ . (A) Divided infringement (B) Inducing infringement (C) Contributory infringement (D) Willful infringement

14 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements is NOT correct? (A) The pledgee of the patent right shall not be allowed to exploit the right, unless the patentee confers the right. (B) The owner of the right to apply for a patent includes an inventor, a designer, and a pledgee. (C) The successor of the right to apply for a patent can transfer the right to the assignee. (D) The patent right can be transferred to an assignee after the patent application has been approved.

15 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements is NOT correct? (A) A foreign applicant who is not the citizen of WTO members is unable to make a priority claim. (B) When the earlier patent application is a patent application for invention that has been published, it cannot be claimed as a priority case. (C) When the earlier patent application has been withdrawn, it cannot be claimed as a priority case. (D) For a patent application filed with priority, examination on its patentability shall be based on the priority date.