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

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

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

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

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.

16 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements is NOT correct? (A) Three inventions related to a single general inventive concept cannot be filed in one application. (B) A patent application that substantially contains two inventions may request by the applicant to be divided into two divisional applications. (C) The filing date of the divisional patent application shall be the same as the filing date of the original application. (D) The divisional patent application shall not extend beyond the scope of content disclosed in the description of the original patent application as filed.

17 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements related to substantive examination is NOT correct? (A) All kinds of patent applications have the procedures of substantive examination. (B) Any person may request for a substantive examination of a patent application for invention. (C) Design patent applications do not have to request for substantive examinations. (D) When a request for a substantive examination over a patent application for invention is more than three years, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.