<div dir="ltr">Hi All -<div><div><br></div><div>If we file an application with a priority claim, and ultimately want to rely on the foreign registration as the basis of the US registration, and if we convert the goods/services in advance -- to avoid the surcharge and the inevitable office action -- could we lose the ability to claim priority and get a registration if the examiner disagrees with our conversion?  </div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;d appreciate your thoughts.</div><div><br></div><div>-Stacy<br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><img width="200" height="25" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4x2FZFeMgXSIxdT2_iGax51yNamPn7xZvgt2ahQHSd78J1g_Ibu1paMDQQX6GdEaytyBowtnJrjGULO"><br></div><div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(117,107,101);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(117,107,101);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">STACY J. GROSSMAN</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(117,107,101);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="1"><b>PRINCIPAL</b></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(117,107,101);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="1"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(117,107,101);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="1">o: (212) 873-6120</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(117,107,101);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="1">m: (917) 693-9143</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(117,107,101);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="1">e: sgrossman@sgip.law</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.sgip.law/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,198,210);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="1">www.sgip.law</font></span></a></p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>