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<p class="MsoNormal">Just tried filing a paper in a Hague application that originated outside the US and is not associated with a USPTO customer number. Didn’t work. PatentCenter apparently now checks that a customer number is associated with an application
and rejects any filing if there is none. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Me: Please advise how to file papers in application 35/515,xxx<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">EBC: You aren't able to file documents in this application because your customer number isn't associated in this application and there isn't a POA.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Me: Thanks. I should be able to act in a representative capacity under 37 C.F.R. 1.34 without a power of attorney.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">EBC: Without the customer number being associated to the application you won't be able to access it in Patent Center. This isn't a glitch<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Me: How can I file a power of attorney if I need a power of attorney to file the power of attorney?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">EBC: In order to associate the customer number to the application you need to
<b>fax</b> (571-273-8300)form AIA/122. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I couldn’t have made this up… but I guess that is what happens if EBC is no longer allowed to answer “use EFS-Web” the answer becomes “fax us.”
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