15 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, where the term of an invention patent has expired, the patent should become ____ .
(A) an extinguisher
(B) non-existed
(C) extinguished
(D) distinguished

11 Under the provisions on____ , the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property provides that, as regards the protection of industrial property, each Contracting State must grant the same protection to nationals of other Contracting States that it grants to its own nationals. (A) most-favored national treatment (B) citizens’ treatment (C) most-favored-nation treatment (D) national treatment

12 Under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Members should ____the provisions of this Agreement within their own legal system and practice. (A) be free to determine the appropriate method of implementing (B) follow the specific methods of implementing (C) on certain conditions follow the specific methods of implementing (D) not implement

13 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, a claimed utility model should be patented if, after____ , there is no event negating its patentability, and the claim(s) and the drawing(s) thereof shall be published. (A) familiarity test (B) formality examination (C) formula test (D) similarity examination

14 In accordance with the R.O.C. Patent Act, which one of following descriptions concerning “the purposing of enacting the Patent Act” and “types of patents” is true? (A) The Patent Act is enacted to encourage the creations of invention, utility model and design to promote industrial development. (B) The Patent Act is enacted to maintain industrial ethics and order in competition. (C) An “artistic work” is classified into a type of the term “patent” described in the Patent Act. (D) A “musical work” is classified into a kind of the term “patent” referred to in the Patent Act.

16 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, in case an infringement of invention patent occurs due to intentional act or negligence, the patentee may claim for____suffered therefrom. (A) property (B) damages (C) comprehension (D) complications

17 Which of the following descriptions about “duty of staff members and patent examiners” under the R.O.C. Patent Act is true? (A) While serving in the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, staff members shall receive any interests related to such patent indirectly for succession. (B) Patent examiners of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office are not required to keep confidential any design of an applicant which have been possessed by them in the course of performing their duties for interior uses. (C) Where, for a concerned patent case, the patent examiner’s spouse is the patentee, the patent examiner requires to exclude himself or herself. (D) Where, for a concerned patent case, the patent examiner is currently related to the invalidation requester by consanguinity within the ninth degree or by affinity within the eighth degree, the patent examiner needs to exclude himself or herself.

18 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which one of the following statements about “patent application” is wrong? (A) If the delay has exceeded one year after expiration of the statutory time period caused by natural calamity or other causes not attributable to the applicant, an application for reinstatement shall not be accepted. (B) Where an examination decision cannot be delivered, such decision shall be published in the Patent Gazette and deemed to have been delivered thirty days after publication. (C) Application for patent and other relevant proceedings may be electronically processed. (D) The duration of relevant time periods shall include the beginning date thereof.

19 Which one of the following descriptions concerning “substantial applicable condition of novelty” in accordance with the R.O.C. Patent Act is wrong? (A) The invention was exploited publicly before the filing of the patent application. (B) The invention was known publicly after the filing of the patent application. (C) Where an invention claimed in a patent application for invention is identical to an invention disclosed in the drawings of an earlier-filed patent application for invention published after the later-filed patent application, an invention patent shall not be granted. (D) Where the later-filed applicant of invention claimed in a patent application for the identical disclosed drawings of an earlier-filed patent application for invention is also the applicant of an earlier-filed patent application, an invention patent shall be granted.

20 Which of the following statements about a subject matter in the “statutory protection of utility model patent” in accordance with the R.O.C. Patent Act is true? (A) A utility model, which is contrary to morality or public order, shall not be granted a utility model patent. (B) Layout of integrated circuits and electronic circuits shall be granted a utility model patent. (C) Primary biological processes for the production of animals shall be granted a utility model patent. (D) The shape of an article solely dictated by its function shall be granted a utility model patent.

21 Which one of the following statements related to “priority claim” under the R.O.C. Patent Act is correct? (A) Where an applicant has first applied for a patent in a foreign state, any member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), 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 eighteen months after the filing date of the said first patent application. (B) Within six months after the earliest priority date, the applicant shall submit a certified copy of the first patent application issued by the member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). (C) An applicant filing a patent application based on an earlier patent application for utility model in the R.O.C. may make a priority claim with respect to the utility model disclosed in the descriptions, drawings, or claims submitted for the earlier patent application that has not been published. (D) Priority claimed shall not be withdrawn upon an expiry of six months after the filing date of the earlier patent application.