12 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements regarding the patent term of a patent is not correct?
(A) The term of a design patent shall expire after a period of fifteen (15) years from the filing date of the application.
(B) A derivative design patent shall not expire simultaneously with the original design patent.
(C) The term of a utility model patent shall expire after a period of ten (10) years starting from the filing date.
(D) The term of an invention patent shall expire after a period of twenty (20) years from the filing date of the application.

8 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following may be granted a patent? (A) Diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical methods for the treatment of humans or animals (B) Animals, plants, and essential biological processes for the production of animals or plants (C) Fine arts (D) Processes for producing microorganisms

9 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, where a fund provider appoints another party to conduct research and development, the ownership of the right to apply for a patent and the patent right in connection with the outcome of such research and development shall be vested in the party as mutually agreed upon in an agreement between both parties. Without any mutual agreement, such rights will not be vested in the following? (A) Inventor (B) Utility model creator (C) Fund provider (D) Designer

10 According to the Enforcement Rules of the R.O.C. Patent Act, where the Chinese translation of technical terminology has been made by which of the following, such official translation shall prevail? (A) The Intellectual Property Office, MOEA (B) The Ministry of Education (C) National Taiwan Normal University (D) The National Academy for Educational Research

11 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, an applicant may designate an agent to file patent applications and handle patent-related matters on his/her behalf. Which of the following is not qualified as an agent? (A) Patent attorneys (B) Patent agents (C) Patent examiners (D) Lawyers

13 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, an invention which is industrially applicable may be granted a patent upon application in accordance with the Patent Act. Which of the following is not an exception to patentability? (A) The invention was disclosed in a printed publication prior to the filing of the patent application. (B) The invention was publicly exploited prior to the filing of the patent application. (C) The invention was publicly known prior to the filing of the patent application. (D) The invention cannot be easily made by a person ordinarily skilled in the art based on prior art.

14 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements regarding the design patent is not correct? (A) Where two or more design patent applications are filed for the same or similar design(s), only the earlier-filed application can be granted. (B) Where the filing date and the priority date of two or more design patent applications are the same, the applicants shall be notified to reach an agreement with respect to the matter concerned. If such an agreement cannot be reached, none of the applications shall be granted. (C) For computer generated icons (Icons) and graphic user interface (GUI) applied to an article, an application cannot be filed pursuant to the Patent Act for obtaining a design patent. (D) The term of a design patent shall expire after a period of fifteen (15) years from the filing date of the application.

15 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements regarding the invention patent is not correct? (A) Invention means the creation of technical ideas, utilizing the laws of nature. (B) Where an applicant has first applied for a patent in a foreign country, which reciprocally allows the R.O.C. nationals to claim patent priority, or with any member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the applicant may claim priority in respect of an R.O.C. patent application for the same invention if the R.O.C. patent application for the same invention is filed within twelve (12) months after the filing date of the said first patent application. (C) After receiving application documents and determining through examination that the application conforms to stipulated formality requirement and contains no elements that may be deemed unsuitable for laying open, the Specific Patent Agency shall lay open the patent application for invention eighteen (18) months since its filing. (D) A request to the Specific Patent Agency for substantive examination of a patent application for invention may be made by any person within two (2) years after the filing date of the patent application. Where a request for substantive examination is not filed within the stipulated time period, the patent application for invention shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

16 According to the Act of the Organization of Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Intellectual Property Office under the Ministry of Economic Affairs is not in charge of which of the following matters? (A) Matters in connection with research, drafting and execution of policies, laws, regulations, and systems governing patent right. (B) Matters in connection with the patent examination, re-examination, opposition, cancellation, revocation and extinguishment as well as the management of patent rights. (C) Publicity of the concept of intellectual property rights, mediation, assessment and assistance in raid action with regard to intellectual property rights infringement cases. (D) Trial of civil litigations over patent infringement.

17 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, the patentee filing a request for amending the description, claim(s) or drawing(s) of a granted invention patent shall not conduct which of the following? (A) To clarify ambiguous statement(s) (B) To increase claim(s) (C) To narrow down the scope of claim(s) (D) To correct errors or translation errors

18 In accordance with the Guidelines for Substantive Examination of Invention Patent, which of the following written or electronic form of material is not a “printed publication” under the Patent Act Art. 22? (A) An oral presentation at the meeting, where the audiences are invited persons and the presentation material was distributed to attendees in written form with restriction to sign a nondisclosure agreement. (B) A doctoral thesis that was cataloged and shelved in only one university library, where there is no evidence that anyone ever actually looked at the manual. (C) A reference available only in electronic form on the internet, which states that it was publicly posted on June 16, 2020. (D) A technical manual that was shelved and cataloged in a public library.