14 Which of the following is patentable?
(A)Inventions Abstract ideas
(B) Physical phenomena
(C) Laws of nature
(D)

10 Which of the following is not included within the purpose of enacting the R.O.C. Patent Act? (A)To encourage the creation of inventions, utility models and designs. (B)To protect the creation of inventions, utility models and designs. (C)To promote industrial development. (D)To balance different interests for the common good of society.

11 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following is not classified as patents? (A)Audiovisual works Invention patents (B) (C)Utility model patents Design patents (D)

12 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements about depositing biological materials of filing patent applications for invention involving biological materials or utilization of biological materials is correct? (A)When filing patent applications for inventions concerning biological materials or utilization of biological materials, the applicants should, later than the filing date, make deposits of the biological materials with domestic depositories designated by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office. (B)No deposits are required even if the biological materials involved cannot be easily obtained by people ordinarily skilled in the art. (C)Applicants should, within six months after the filing dates of patent applications, submit to the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office certificates of deposit, indicating the depositories, dates of deposit and deposit numbers. (D)If the required documents are not submitted within the specified time period, the deposits should be deemed not to have been made.

13 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following items is not within the statutory exclusion of design patents? (A)Shapes of articles solely shown through their designs (B)Fine arts (C)Layouts of integrated circuits and electronic circuits (D)Articles contrary to morality

15 Mainly but not exclusively used in chemistry, a is a claim with multiple “functionally equivalent” chemical entities allowed in one or more parts of the compound. The proper format for this type of claim is: “selected from the group consisting of A, B and C”. Choose the one that best completes the above sentence: (A)Markush claim Jepson claim (B) Beauregar (C) d claim Omnibus claim (D)

16 Which of the following cannot be patentable as inventions under section 101 of the U.S. Patent Act? (A)New and useful machines Formulas (B) (C)New and useful manufactures New and useful compositions of matter (D)

17 “The U.S. Supreme Court held that a claim for damages for patent infringement committed within the cannot be opposed using a laches defense.” Choose the one that best completes the above sentence: (A)statute of compensations statute of damages (B) (C)statute of frauds statute of l (D) imitations

18 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements about acceptance of foreign patent applications is correct? (A)Patent applications filed by foreign applicants should be accepted even if the home countries of these foreign applicants are not signatories to international treaties for protection of patent rights to which the R.O.C. is a signatory. (B)Patent applications issued by a foreign applicant should not be accepted if their home countries do not conclude with the R.O.C. treaties or agreements for reciprocal protection of patent rights. (C)Patent applications filed by foreign applicants should be accepted if no patent protection agreements are concluded by and between organizations or institutions of the R.O.C. and said foreign countries and approved by the respective competent authorities. (D)Patent applications issued by foreign applicants should be accepted if the laws of their home countries do not accept patent applications filed by R.O.C. nationals.

19 A patentee may request Customs to detain the imported articles that are suspected of infringing the patent right. This is best known as: (A)Preshipment inspection Countervailing measures (B) (C)Border measures Custom valuation (D)

20 Article 39-1 of the R.O.C. Customs Anti-smuggling Act states: “Where import or export cargoes, other than genuine goods parallel imported, that have been declared to Customs infringes the patent right, trademark right or copyright, the importer or exporter in question shall be, except otherwise specified in other acts and regulations, imposed with a fine equivalent to one to three times the value of the cargoes, and the cargoes shall be confiscated.” In the above paragraph, “confiscated” means: (A)Destroyed Impounded (B) Inspected (C) Shattered (D)