21 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, the right to apply for a patent cannot be the subject of .
(A) Litigation
(B) Assignment
(C) Pledge
(D) Inheritance

17 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements related to substantive examination is NOT correct? (A) All kinds of patent applications have the procedures of substantive examination. (B) Any person may request for a substantive examination of a patent application for invention. (C) Design patent applications do not have to request for substantive examinations. (D) When a request for a substantive examination over a patent application for invention is more than three years, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

18 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements related to utility model patents is NOT correct? (A) Any person may file a request for a technical evaluation report of a utility model patent. (B) A patent application for a utility model patent will undergo administrative examination and formality examination procedures. (C) A right holder of utility model patent may not send a warning letter to an accused patent infringer without the technical evaluation report to the utility model patent. (D) The technical evaluation report for exercising the rights to utility model patent shall be assumed to have the patentability.

19 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements is NOT correct? (A) The claim may be made against a person who is fully aware that the patent application for invention has been laid open but continues to commercially exploit the invention prior to its publication. (B) If the patent certificate number is not marked on the patented article, the patentee cannot claim damages for the infringement. (C) An invention patent will be assigned a publication number eighteen months after the filing date. (D) If the patent certificate number cannot be fixed on the patented article, the patentee may make such marking on the labels or packaging.

20 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements regarding to the patent invalidation is NOT correct? (A) The patent invalidation is a kind of public examination. (B) Whoever possesses legal interests due to the revocation of a patent may file an invalidation action after the said patent has become extinguished ipso facto. (C) The patentee shall provide a response within one month after having been served with a copy of the request form from the Specific Patent Agency. (D) The revocation of an invention patent right shall become final and binding if no administrative remedy proceedings are filed.

22 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following circumstance does not limit the exclusive rights of patents? (A) Acts done privately and for non-commercial purposes (B) Necessary acts to exploit the invention for research or experimental purposes (C) Patentees not practicing or commercializing the invented technology (D) Vehicles merely passing through the territory of the country

23 Which of the following concept could best explain why business methods or computer software are often argued ineligible for patent protection? (A) Laws of nature (B) Natural phenomena (C) Abstract ideas (D) Morality criterion

24 Which of the following does not belong to “secondary considerations” in determining the non-obviousness requirement? (A) The failure of others to solve the problem addressed by the invention (B) The existence of a long-felt need for the invention (C) The research and development cost of the invention (D) The commercial success of the invention

25 In accordance with Article 24 of the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following is NOT listed in the statutory exclusion from invention patents? (A) Processes for producing microorganisms (B) Diagnostic methods for treating animals (C) Therapeutic methods for treating humans (D) Inventions contrary to public order or morality

1 特許を受ける権利について、以下のうち、誤っているものはどれか。 (A)特許を受ける権利には質権を設定することができる (B)特許を受ける権利は、必ずしも発明者に帰属するではない (C)特許を受ける権利の共有者がその持分を放棄した場合、当該部分はその他の共有者に帰属する (D)特許を受ける権利は譲渡できるが、発明者の氏名表示権は譲渡することができない

2 発明者の認定について、以下のうち、最も適切なものはどれか。 (A)発明は事実行為であり、行為能力のない子供であっても、発明者たりうる (B)単に発明に必要不可欠な資金を提供した者も、発明者たりうる (C)具体的な解決手段を示さずに単に研究テーマを与えた者であっても、発明者たりうる (D)単に発明者に対して一般的な管理をしたにすぎない者であっても、発明者たりうる