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.

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.

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.

22 Which of the following descriptions related to “importation of patented articles or devices” and “compulsory license” in accordance with the Paris Convention is wrong? (A) Importation by the patentee into the state where the patent has been granted of articles manufactured in any state of the Union for the Paris Convention shall entail forfeiture of the patent. (B) No proceedings for revocation or the forfeiture of a patent may be instituted before the expiration of two years from the grant of the first compulsory license. (C) A compulsory license shall be non-exclusive and not be transferable, even in the form of the grant of a sub-license, except with that part of the enterprise or goodwill which exploits such license. (D) When a product is imported into a state of the Union for the Paris Convention where there exists a patent protecting a process of manufacture of the product, the patentee shall have all the rights, with regard to the imported product, that are accorded to him by the legislation of the imported state, on the basis of the process patent, with respect to products manufactured in that state.

23 According to the TRIPS Agreement, which one of the following statements about “patent rights conferred” is wrong? (A) Where the subject matter of a patent is a product, third parties do not allow to make, use, offer for sale, sell, or import for these purposes that product without a patent owner’s consent. (B) Where the subject matter of a patent is a process, there are no restrictions to third parties using the process and no limitations to use, offer for sale, sell, or import for these purposes at least the product obtained directly by that process. (C) WTO members’ laws may consider the legitimate interests of third parties to provide limited exceptions to the exclusive rights conferred by a patent, provided that such exceptions do not unreasonably conflict with an ordinary use of the patent and do not fairly prejudice the legitimate interests of the patent owner. (D) Patent owners have the right to transfer, or assign by succession, the patent and to make licensing contracts.

24 According to the Enforcement Rule of the Patent Act, which one of the following descriptions related to “the original or the certified copy” is correct? (A) Any documents of proof submitted pursuant to the Patent Act and Enforcement Rule of the Patent Act shall be the photocopy thereof. (B) With regard to the certified priority document for patent application, the parties involved may submit the photocopy instead even though the photocopy of the documents of proof is identical to the original or the certified copy. (C) Where a photocopy of the documentary evidence is submitted as evidence of invalidation, it shall be proved to be identical to the original or the certified copy thereof. (D) When the original or the certified copy of the documents of proof has been verified by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, it may be kept by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office.

25 Which one of the following statements about “the description of a patent application for invention” and “deposit for a biological material” in accordance with the Enforcement Rule of the Patent Act is wrong? (A) The paragraphs of the description may be arranged with two consecutive Arabic numbers in separate square brackets so that each of the paragraphs can be clearly identified. (B) The title of invention should concisely describe the contents of the claimed inventions; irrelevant wording is not permitted. (C) When a patent application for invention involves a biological material, where the biological material concerned has been deposited, the description shall specify the depository, date of deposit, and deposit number. (D) Before the patent application filing, the biological material concerned has been deposited in a foreign depository recognized by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, the description shall also specify the foreign depository, date of deposit, and deposit number.

1 職務発明についての次の記述のうち、わが国の専利法に照らし、妥当でないものはどれか。 (A)職務発明に関する特許権が登録されたことにもかかわらず、特許権に雇用者と従業者の 間に権利帰属に関する協議がある場合、雇用者または従業者が、特許主務官庁に権利者 名義変更を申請できる (B)従業者は雇用者の資源を利用し、完成した非職務発明は、雇用者は合理的な報酬を支払 ったうえ、当該事業において発明を実施できる (C)非職務発明について、雇用者と従業者の間に、従業者が発明権益を享受できないように 契約で定めることができる (D)雇用者が従業者からの非職務発明完成の書面通知をもらって、その発明を職務発明と主 張したい場合、書面通知送達後 6 カ月以内にに主張しなければならない