17 A newsletter periodically printed by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) that discusses rules and regulations and announces patents and trademarks issued is called:
(A) Official Gazette
(B) Official Report
(C) Office Action
(D) Office Brochure

13 A positive result of a patent search does not predict with certainty whether an invention is or is not patentable but is used as a guide to whether further action is likely to be worthwhile. “predict” means: (A) translate (B) assess (C) forecast (D) determine

14 The date when a patent is no longer valid in a country or system due to failure to pay renewal (maintenance) fees is called: (A) lapse (B) termination (C) expiration (D) suspension

15 The “______” is a list of citations of all published prior art documents which are relevant to the patent application. (A) priority date (B) search report (C) patent pool (D) inventive step

16 “______”, also known as “petty patents”, are available in Taiwan, R.O.C.. This type of patent involves a simpler inventive step than that in a traditional patent and it is valid for a shorter time period. (A) design patents (B) invention patents (C) utility model patents (D) new model patents

18 The abstract is an abridged summary of an invention to provide a general idea about the invention, and is utilized when searching patents. “abridged” means: (A) deprived (B) inferred (C) claimed (D) condensed

19 A patent application may be amended to modify the claims, modify the specification, so long as new matter isn’t added, or to modify the drawings, again, so long as new matter is not added. “amended” means: (A) ratified (B) supplemented (C) corrected (D) ordered

20 A Walker Process claim is a specific kind of defense to an infringement suit in which the defendant raises an antitrust issue related to fraud in procuring the patent in order to prevent the plaintiff from enforcing the patent. The word “claim” in “Walker Process claim” means: (A) assertion (B) complaint (C) demand (D) patent claim

21 The discovery of music does not become patentable subject matter simply because there is an arbitrary claim to some structure. “arbitrary” means: (A) capricious (B) arbitral (C) illegal (D) suitable

22 The difficulty in drawing a line between an idea, or principle of nature, and its embodiment became evident early in patent law’s history. Choose the one word that can best substitute for “embodiment”: (A) conclusion (B) finalization (C) incorporation (D) statement

23 The debate over the propriety of patents in the field of medicines has not abated. “abated” means: (A) raised (B) decreased (C) carry off (D) negated