12 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements about depositing biological materials offiling patent applications for invention involving biological materials or utilization of biological materials iscorrect?
(A)When filing patent applications for inventions concerning biological materials or utilization of biologicalmaterials, the applicants should, later than the filing date, make deposits of the biological materials withdomestic depositories designated by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office.
(B)No deposits are required even if the biological materials involved cannot be easily obtained by peopleordinarily skilled in the art.
(C)Applicants should, within six months after the filing dates of patent applications, submit to the TaiwanIntellectual Property Office certificates of deposit, indicating the depositories, dates of deposit and depositnumbers.
(D)If the required documents are not submitted within the specified time period, the deposits should be deemednot to have been made.