17 Which of the following evidentiary sources may be used as intrinsic evidence to construe the patent claims?
(A) dictionaries
(B) the prosecution history
(C) technical treatises
(D) other patent applications

13 According to the Patent Act, which of the following statement is incorrect? (A) An invention patent right shall extinguish in the case of expiry on the duration of a patent right. (B) An invention patent right shall extinguish in the case of death of the patentee whether with or without an heir. (C) An invention patent right shall extinguish in the case of the patentee's failure of effecting the payment of a patent annuity for the second year or any year thereafter within the grace period. (D) An invention patent right shall extinguish in the case of voluntary abandonment of a patent right.

14 According to the Patent Act, which of the following statement regarding “right to apply for patent” is correct? (A) The “right to apply for patent” is not assignable. (B) The “right to apply for patent” is not inheritable. (C) The “right to apply for patent” shall not be taken as the subject for creation of a pledge. (D) Where the “right to apply for patent” is jointly owned by two or more persons, a joint-owner may, without the consent of the other joint-owners, assign his/her share therein to any third party.

15 According to Item 6 of Subsection 1 of Article 57, Taiwan Patent Act, which of the following models is established to deal with the issue of parallel importation? (A) domestic exhaustion (B) regional exhaustion (C) national exhaustion (D) international exhaustion

16 The inventions of business method are usually considered not within the patentable subject matters under patent law. Which of the following reasons is sufficient to support the aforesaid disqualification about patentability? (A) Business methods are merely abstract ideas. (B) Business methods must function with computer software. (C) Business methods contributed less to the industries than other technologies. (D) Business methods lack of tangible and concrete results.

18 The requirement of enablement for patent is to facilitate a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention without ___________ . Choose one phrase that best completes the above sentence. (A) sufficient embodiments (B) prior art (C) public use (D) undue experimentation

19 In the patent practice for chemical inventions, the structural similarity of chemical compounds between the invention and the prior art is usually considered ___________ for the determination of non-obviousness? Choose one phrase that best completes the above sentence. (A) equitable estoppel (B) prima facie evidence (C) an unexpected advantageous property (D) hindsight evident

20 Whoever actively induces someone to infringe upon the patent shall be liable as the joint infringer according to Taiwanese patent law. “induces” means: (A) compels (B) begs (C) orders (D) influences

21 The patent applicant in Taiwan is entitled to claiming the priority to have the retroactive benefit of the earlier foreign filing date, provided that the patent application of the same invention is filed in Taiwan within twelve months from the foreign filing date, according to Article 27 of Taiwan Patent Act. “retroactive” means: (A) recollected (B) reiterative (C) retrospective (D) relative

22 The reasonable causation should be applied in the calculation of patent damages when the patentee seeks the remedy for infringement under the proviso, Item 1 of Subsection 1 of Article 85. “causation” means: (A) interconnection (B) caution (C) scope (D) result

23 It constitutes literal infringement if the accused product includes all elements that are recited in the claim of the patent. “literal” means: (A) plain (B) figurative (C) true (D) tedious