15 According to Taiwan Patent Act, on the aspects of patent prosecution or patent assertion, the utilitymodel patent may be distinguished from the invention patent. Which of the following statements istrue?
(A) An application of utility model patent should be published by Taiwan Intellectual PropertyOffice no latter than 18 months from the filing date.
(B) After finding potential infringing activities, the patentee of the utility model patent is entitled tosend the cease and desist letter to the suspected specific party, even though the patentee has notrequested a technical evaluation report on the patent concerned.
(C) The provisions on compulsory licensing are not applied mutatis mutandis to the utility modelpatents.
(D) Subject to the filing date of the original application, an application of utility model patent maybe converted to an application of invention patent.