專利師 102 年專業英文考古題

What does the term “patent pending” mean?

What does the term “prosecution history estoppel” mean?

An invention patent application is filed on January 1, 2010. The application is published 18 months later on July1, 2011 and granted on May 30, 2013. The patent is valid until:

If the patent examiner does produce a case, the burden of coming forward with evidence orarguments shifts to the applicant who may submit additional evidence of non-obviousness. Choose the one phasethat best completes the above sentences.

The EPO allowed a patent on a transgenic animal that had been bred as a research tool for cancer studies despiteobjections that it was to patented life. Choose the one word that best completes the abovesentences.

European patents shall not be granted in respect of inventions the commercial of which would becontrary to ‘ordre public’ or morality. Choose the one word that best completes the above sentences.

The expression “either A or B, but not both” in a patent specification or claim has the sense of:

According to the Patent Act in Taiwan, which of the following statements is not correct?

The requirement of industrial applicability in the EPC means that it must be shown that the invention can bemade or used in any kind of industry. Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following patentability statements is not correct?

According to the Patent Act in Taiwan, which of the following statement is correct?

According to the Patent Act in Taiwan, “invention” means the creation of technical ideas, utilizing the laws ofnature. Regarding the following statements or phrases, what could be possibly deemed as an “invention”?

A disclosure of the invention before a corresponding patent application in field will affect which of the followingpatentability criteria?

Which type of patent protection is not provided in the Patent Act of Taiwan?

A patent gives its owner the to prevent or stop others from making, using, offering for sale, sellingor importing a product or a process, based on the patented invention, without the owner’s prior permission.

In general, refers to all the relevant technical knowledge available to the public anywhere in theworld prior to the first filing date of the relevant patent application.

For patents involving microorganisms, many countries require the microorganism to be placed for safekeeping ata recognized .

As regards processing a patent application, the aim of is to ensure that the application satisfies thepatentability requirements.

A patentee is a person, group, company, etc., that .

As regards patent infringement, injunctions are often needed urgently. An interim injunction is thatmay be granted at a special hearing pending the outcome of the main hearing of the case.

According to Article 1 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, industrial propertyshould apply to “industry and commerce proper” and to “agricultural and extractive industries and to allmanufactured or natural products”. In this regard, the phrase “industrial property” should be understood in thesense.

In Taiwan, unauthorized offering to sell any patented invention constitutes .

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights is a minimum standards agreement.According to Article 1 of this Agreement, Members may implement in their law protection than isrequired by this Agreement.

Under Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, the clause forbidsdiscrimination between the nationals of other Members of World Trade Organization. According to this clause,nationals of all trading partners in the WTO must be treated equally.

Under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, means that, on the basis of aregular application for a patent filed by a given applicant in one of the member countries, the same applicantmay, within 12 months, apply for protection in all the other member countries.