19 The failure of an invention to meet with the requirement of novelty under patent law usually resulted from _______ of the prior art.
(A) preemption
(B) suggestion
(C) anticipation
(D) instruction

15 Which one of the following descriptions related to the Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Act is incorrect? (A) The court should judge the validity of patent by itself in a patent litigation. (B) There has been the mechanism of Technical Examination officer in such legal infrastructure. (C) The design of confidentiality preservation order in the Act has the purpose to protect trade secrets. (D) Adding the criminal penalty to the invasion of trade secrets is one important character to the Act.

16 One of the most controversial areas of customs law concerns “gray market goods”. What is the term to describe the importation of gray market goods? (A) vertical importation (B) random importation (C) cross importation (D) parallel importation

17 The traditional American rule that each party bears its own attorneys’ fees is varied by statute in patent law. In an exceptional case, the prevailing party may be granted such fees. Which one of the following choices can be best substituted for the word “prevailing”? (A) losing (B) winning (C) coming (D) defending 

18 For the most part, patents are granted to inventors according to national law. Thus, patents represent _______ grants of exclusive rights. Fill in the blank with the best answer from the following choices. (A) collapsible (B) territorial (C) collateral (D) tiny

20 A patent infringed may be determined by _______ when an accused product performed substantially the same function in substantially the same way to have the same result with what the patent did, provided that the manufacture of the accused product didn’t constitute literal infringement. (A) the compulsory licensing (B) the prior art defense (C) the all-element doctrine (D) the doctrine of equivalents

21 On claim drafting, a patent applicant sometimes uses a term in a manner leading to an either more restrictive or expansive meaning than its ordinary construction. Such a phenomenon in the patent practice means that _______ may be followed to define patent claims. Choose the one phrase that best completes the above sentence. (A) the prosecution history (B) the inventor’s lexicography (C) the expert’s testimony (D) the prior art

22 On determination of nonobviousness of a combination invention, the examiner is always concerned about _______, which means a combination of elements may produce a technological effect greater than that caused by the sum of those elements taken together. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentence. (A) synergism (B) inherency (C) collaboration (D) deposition

23 _______ is an illustrative example of practice of an invention, included in a patent specification. Choose the one phrase that best completes the above sentence. (A) A claim (B) An embodiment (C) An abstract (D) A related application

24 An official procedure starting from the patent application to the granting of patent is named as _______. Choose the one phrase that best completes the above sentence. (A) patent licensing (B) patent searching (C) patent filing (D) patent prosecution

25 The requirement of _______ for patentability is to secure that the public is entitled to practice the invention according to a full and complete description of it in the specification, especially when the patent expires. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentence. (A) novelty (B) utility (C) enablement (D) nonobviousness