1 Damages by the theory of______ may be measured as the difference between the patentee’s pecuniary condition after the infringement, and what its condition would have been if the infringement had not occurred.
(A) reasonable royalty
(B) infringer’s profit
(C) lost profit
(D) compulsory licensing

22 わが国における知的財産権の出願に関して、形式審査のみを行い、実体審査を行わないものは 次のうちどれか。 (A)発明 (B)意匠 (C)実用新案 (D)著作権

23 以下のうち、誤っているものはどれか。 (A)意匠権は、その設定の登録により発生する (B)意匠権は、物品の全体からなる意匠に対してのみ付与される (C) 2 以上の物品であっても、それらが同時に利用される組物であり、組物全体に統一性がある 場合には、一意匠として出願し登録することができる場合がある (D)同一又は類似の意匠について、2 つ以上の意匠登録出願があった場合、原則として、最先に 出願した者のみが意匠権を付与される

24 意匠イに類似する意匠ロ、ハは、意匠イとまとめて出願することができる。この制度は、日本 語で通常何称されるか。 (A)グループ意匠 (B)連合意匠 (C)関連意匠 (D)統合意匠

25 TRIPs 協定に定められている工業製品の外観デザインに係わる権利の保護期間は、少なくとも 出願日より何年か。 (A)各会員国がそれぞれ決定する (B) 15 年 (C) 12 年 (D) 10 年

2 As the inventor’s lexicography, ______sometimes may reveal a special definition given to a claim term by the patentee that differs from the meaning it would otherwise possess. (A) the dictionary (B) the specification (C) the learned treatise (D) the inventor testimony

3 Under the identical invention, there are two patent applications filed by the different inventors at different time. Lack of ______may be assumed about the later patent application, provided that the earlier patent application was published after the filing date of the later patent application. (A) novelty (B) utility (C) inventive step (D) enablement

4 The person with ordinary skill in the art (PHOSITA) is a legal fiction in patent law, who is presumed to be a skilled practitioner in the relevant field of technology and to have had access to everything in the prior art. Which of the following is not within the functions of PHOSITA affirmed by patent law? (A) claim construction (B) damages calculation (C) determination of inventive step (D) determination of enablement

5 X conceived an invention about the improvement of air duct of a hair dryer. Y didn’t contribute to the aforesaid conception but served as an assistant for X’s administrative affairs. On May 5, 2018, without X’s consent, Y sold the aforesaid conception on the hair dryer to Z for manufacture and marketing of the hair dryers embedded with the aforesaid conception. The aforesaid hair dryers made by Z were put on the market on May 20, 2018. On July 5, 2018, X filed a patent application for the aforesaid conception with Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO). Unexpectedly, it was found that W actually has filed another patent application in accordance with the identical conception that came from W’s independent invention, on June 5, 2018, and requested the publication on June 20, 2018. If you were an examiner employed by TIPO, which of the following statements is in accord with Taiwan Patent Act? (A) X and Y are the joint inventors on the aforesaid invention. (B) The novel requirement of X’s patent application may be satisfied since the filing is within the grace period under Article 22 of Taiwan Patent Act. (C) The novel requirement of X’s patent application may be satisfied since X may enjoy the interest of priority to deem the filing date as May 5, 2018. (D) The novel requirement of X’s patent application may be failed since W has filed and published the patent application, based upon the same invention, respectively, on June 5 and 20, 2018.

6 A Means-Plus-Function claim indicates a limitation in a claim for a combination may be expressed as a means for performing a specified function without the recital of structure, material, or acts in support thereof, and such claim shall be construed to cover the corresponding structure, material, or acts described in the specification and equivalents thereof. If there is no corresponding structure disclosed in the specification, the limitation should be deemed as failure of requirement of . (A) enablement (B) inventive step (C) novelty (D) indefiniteness

7 Which of the following is qualified as subject matter of a patent in accordance to Taiwan Patent Act? (A) The microbiological process. (B) The method for treatment of the animal body by surgery practiced on the animal body. (C) The simple discovery of the sequence or partial sequence of a gene about the human. (D) The business method.