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