3 If the Taiwan Patent Act were added a provision stating the term of a patent owned by a foreigner is 10 years after the patent application was made, what rule such the provision would have violated under the TRIPS Agreement?
(A)Reciprocity
(B)The Most-Favored-Nation Treatment
(C)National Treatment
(D)Technology Neutrality

99 某生技公司發展了一個可以快速篩檢出某疾病的檢驗方法。王先生到醫院參加篩檢，篩檢結果是陽 性，他很緊張的問醫師“他會得到這個病的機率有多少？＂下列那一個指標最適合回答王先生的問 題？ (A) Sensitivity (B) Specificity (C) Positive predictive value（PV+） (D) Negative predictive value（PV-）

100 在 1989 年底，某國疾病管制局陸續接獲許多醫師報告一種肌肉疼痛症候群（eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome; EMS）的個案突然多起來，迅速累積上千例，且造成約 40 人死亡。如果該國疾管局希望 儘速調查這種病是什麼原因引起的，進而控制病例的增加，那一種研究方法最適合？ (A) Cohort study (B) Case-control study (C) Clinical trial (D) Ecological study

1 On the utility model patent, which of the following statements is true? (A)The utility model patent may be claimed on a specific technical process. (B)The requirement of inventive step shall be examined to grant a utility model patent. (C)The claims and the specification are indispensable for the application of a utility model patent. (D)The term of a utility model patent will not expire until the end of twelve years after the patent application was made.

2 The derivative design patent is currently authorized by the Taiwan Patent Act. Which of the following statements about the derivative design patent is not appropriate? (A)The application date of a derivative design patent may be subsequent to that of the original design patent. (B)The publication of the original design patent is not relevant to the application date of the derivative design patent. (C)The term of a derivative design patent is dependent upon that of the original design patent. (D)The exclusive rights about a derivative design patent may be independently asserted by the patent without considering the original design patent.

4 On the technical evaluation report of a utility model patent, which of the following statements is true? (A)The application of the technical evaluation report will be rejected provided that the related utility model patent expired. (B)Without the technical evaluation report, the patentee can’t assert the exclusive rights against the infringers. (C)The competitor in the market may apply for the technical evaluation report when the related patent application has been published. (D)The patentee may warn others of any potential infringing act even though the technical evaluation report is not simultaneously presented.

5 A filed a patent application on the invention X in U.S. on January 1, 2014. For the purpose of the international patent strategy, A is also filing a patent application of the same invention in Taiwan on November 1, 2014. But A found that B has filed the same invention in Taiwan earlier than November 1, 2014. In order to secure the novelty requirement of A’s application on the invention X in Taiwan, A should follow the Taiwan Patent Act to ____ about the patent application in Taiwan. Choose the one sentence that best completes the above sentence. (A)request an earlier publication (B)claim the international priority (C)request a substantive examination (D)amend the claims

6 WTO Members shall provide for the protection of plant varieties either by patents or by an effective sui generis system or by any combination thereof. “sui generis”means: (A)superior (B)unique (C)inferior (D)powerful

7 A was employed by B to develop a new touch-screen device. Without the consent of B, A has filed the patent application and is granted a patent about the invented device after A conceived a touch-screen device X running a special function the traditional devices were never embedded with. Which of the following statements is appropriate under the Taiwan Patent Act? (A)While A enjoys the inventorship of X, B is entitled to the statutory license about X. (B)B may request an invalidation action against A at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office to restore B’s legal status about the patent according to Article 35 of the Taiwan Patent Act. (C)A and B both enjoy the joint inventorship about X. (D)While B enjoys the inventorship of X, A is entitled to the statutory license about X.

8 ____ may be adopted as a defense against any infringement of patented pharmaceuticals made for the related research and trials to pursue the market approval of drugs under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act. Choose the one phrase that best completes the above sentence. (A)The exhaustion doctrine (B)The experimental exemption (C)The prior user right (D)The compulsory license

9 On the remedy of paragraph one of Article 96 under the Taiwan Patent Act that equips the patentee to stop from the continuous status of the patent infringement, which of the following terms is best fit for the aforesaid remedy? (A)The permanent injunction (B)The damages (C)The preliminary injunction (D)The border control