19 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following is not an acceptable amendment after the Specific Patent Agency issues a final notice during the examination of a patent application?
(A) To delete a claim
(B) To narrow down the scope of a claim
(C) To correct an error on description in English which was submitted pursuant to Paragraph 3 of Article 25 of the R.O.C. Patent Act
(D) To clarify an ambiguous statement

15 According to the R.O.C Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, if the holder of a new drug permit deems it necessary to submit the patent information regarding such drug, such holder shall submit relevant documents and information to the Central Competent Health Authority within 45 days after the next day to the receipt of the drug permit. Which of the following is not a drug patent shall be filed? (A) Substance (B) Formulation (C) Composition (D) Intermediates

16 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, for purposes of assisting countries with insufficient or no manufacturing capacities in pharmaceutical sector to obtain pharmaceutical product(s) needed, the Specific Patent Agency may, upon request, grant a compulsory license to the requestor to exploit a patent concerned for the purpose of producing and importing pharmaceutical product(s) to these countries. Which of the following is not a qualified disease for applying compulsory licenses to the treatment? (A) HIV/AIDS (B) Tuberculosis (C) Diabetes (D) Malaria

17 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following circumstances shall the effects of an invention patent right extend to? (A) Acts are exhibited at a non-commercial conference. (B) Necessary acts are made to exploit the invention for research. (C) Acts are done by a person who has been exploiting the invention or making all the necessary preparations for doing such act in this country before the filing date of the invention. However, the person has learned of the invention from the patent applicant for more than twelve months and the patent applicant has made a statement reserving his right to a patent being granted. (D) After the sale of a patented product made by the patentee or made under consent of the patentee overseas, a consumer uses or resells such product domestically.

18 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following is a possible reason for obtaining patent term extension? (A) The issue of a patent is delayed by certain failures of the Specific Patent Agency to take timely action during the patent application’s pendency. (B) Exploitation of the invention patent involving an agrichemical needs regulatory approval in accordance with other laws and regulations. (C) Invention patentee has suffered loss as a result of civil commotion in the R.O.C. (D) Exploitation of the invention patent involving a medical device needs premarket regulatory review.

20 Which type of patent protection is not provided in the R.O.C. Patent Act? (A) Industrial design (B) Plant variety (C) Microorganism (D) Biological processes for producing microorganism

21 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, where an invention is made by an employee in the course of performing his duties, the right to apply for a patent and the patent right thereof shall be vested in__(1)__ ; where there is an agreement providing otherwise, such agreement shall prevail. Also, where a fund provider appoints another party to conduct research and development, the ownership of the right to apply for a patent and the patent right in connection with the outcome of such research and development shall be vested in the party as mutually agreed upon in an agreement between both parties, or such rights shall be vested in __(2)__ in the absence of such agreement. (A)(1) the employee (2) the inventor (B)(1) the employer (2) the fund provider (C)(1) the employer (2) the inventor (D)(1) the employee (2) the fund provider-6

22 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements of joint ownership is incorrect? (A) Where a right to apply for a patent is jointly owned, the patent application related thereto shall be filed by all the joint owner(s). (B) Where a patent right is jointly owned, it shall not be exploited assigned, entrusted, licensed, pledged, or abandoned without the consent of all the joint owner(s). (C) Where a patent right is jointly owned, no joint owner may assign, entrust or establish a pledge on his own share without the consent of all the other joint owner(s). (D) Where a joint owner of a patent right has abandoned his own share, this share shall be vested in other joint owner(s).

23 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements is incorrect? (A) Patent right shall not be taken as the subject of a pledge. (B) An agreement concluded between an employer and an employee as stated in Article 8 of the R.O.C. Patent Act, based on which the employee is precluded from enjoying legitimate rights and interests in respect of his invention, utility model, or design, shall be void. (C) While serving in the Specific Patent Agency, staff members or patent examiners shall not apply for a patent except for inheritance. (D) Where an examination decision or any other document(s) cannot be served, such decision or document(s) shall be published in the Patent Gazette and shall be deemed to have been served thirty days after publication.

24 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following is not a circumstance where an invention patent right shall become extinguished? (A) Where the patent term has expired, and the patent shall become extinguished. (B) Where the patentee has passed away without heirs. (C) Where a patent application for invention that is approved, the patent certificate fee and the first- year patent annuity are not paid by the applicant within three months after the date on which the approval decision is served. (D) Where the patentee abandoned the patent, the patent right shall be extinguished from the date the patentee makes a declaration in writing.

25 According to Article 22, Paragraph 3 of the R.O.C. Patent Act, a disclosure made by or against the applicant’s will shall not be deemed as one of the circumstances that would preclude the grant of an invention patent prescribed in the subparagraphs of Paragraph 1 or the preceding paragraph, provided that the concerned patent application is filed within twelve months after the date of the disclosure. The twelve- month period mentioned above is called ___________ . (A) grey period (B) grace period (C) prioritized period (D) excused period