5 Which of the following is included within the purpose of enacting the R.O.C. Patent Act?
 I. To protect the creation of inventions, utility models and designs.
 II. To balance different interests for the common good of society.
 III. To encourage the creation of inventions, utility models and designs.
(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
(D) I only

1 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, which one of the following statements is not correct? (A) An invention patent with respect to licensing, compulsory licensing, as well as other matters that should be published shall be published in the Patent Gazette. (B) The decision on a request for compulsory license shall be made in writing and shall indicate the reasons, scope, duration, and the required remuneration. (C) Exploitation of a compulsory license shall be predominantly for the supply of importing country market. (D) Granting of compulsory licensing shall not affect the exercise of patent right by the patentee concerned.

2 ________ may be used to define a contribution which each of the claimed inventions, considered as a whole, makes over the prior art. (A) Special technical feature (B) Inventive steps (C) Single general inventive concept (D) Multiple dependent claim

3 A(n)________ licensee may sub-license a third party to exploit the licensed patent unless stipulated otherwise in the contract. Choose the one that best completes the above sentence. (A) sole (B) exclusive (C) statutory (D) non-exclusive

4 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements about patent applications is incorrect? (A) A patent application for invention shall relate to one invention. Two or more inventions so linked as to form a single general inventive concept may be filed in one application. (B) The term of a utility model patent will not expire until the end of ten years after the patent application was made. (C) Any person within three year after the filing date of a patent application for invention may make a request with the Intellectual Property Office for substantive examination of the patent application. (D) The Intellectual Property Office may not advance the laying-open of a patent application at the request of the applicant.

6 The purpose of Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) may not be ________ . (A) to reduce distortions and impediments to international trade (B) to promote effective and adequate protection of intellectual property rights (C) to ensure that intellectual property rights not become barriers to legitimate trade (D) to reduce affect of Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment

7 Which of the following statements about the “two-part form” claim is correct? (A) It may be used in the form of a dependent claim. (B) It recites all or some of the elements of a known article, process, composition, or combination in the preamble to the claim. (C) It shall refer to more than one other claim in the alternative only. (D) It shall be construed to incorporate by reference all the limitations of each of the particular claims in relation to which it is being considered.

8 For patent application, what does the term “estoppel” mean? (A) Exemption (B) Application (C) Preclusion (D) Jurisdiction

9 According to the TRIPS Agreement, Members may provide limited exceptions to the exclusive rights conferred by a patent, provided that such exceptions do not unreasonably conflict with a normal exploitation of the patent and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the patent owner. In the above paragraph, the word “prejudice” means: (A) utilize (B) infringe (C) reduce (D) present

10 On the utility model patent, which of the following statements is true? (A) An applicant filing a patent application for invention and a patent application for utility model under the same invention on the same date shall make respective declarations in respect of the said applications. (B) A utility model patent may not be granted if it is contrary to public order or morality. (C) The term of a utility model patent will not expire until the end of twelve years after the patent application was made. (D) The utility model patent may be claimed on a specific technical process.

11 On the design patent, which of the following statements is not true? (A) The term of a design patent shall expire after a period of fifteen years from the filing date of the application. (B) A patent application for design shall indicate the article to which the design is applied. (C) A design patentee shall abandon his/her design patent right without consent from the licensee or pledgee. (D) The extent of the protection conferred by a design patent shall be determined by the drawing.-4