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    <p>Let's see what the $160 or $400 flat fee needs to cover:</p>
    <ul>
      <li>practitioner starts with D1 DOCX file, prepares aux-PDF</li>
      <li>practitioner commences e-filing project, receives D2 DOCX file</li>
      <li>practitioner carries out comparison of D1 and D2</li>
      <li>practitioner uploads aux-PDF</li>
      <li>practitioner clicks submit</li>
      <li>practitioner preserves aux-PDF locally in perpetuity</li>
      <li>at 18-month pub, practitioner checks the publication for
        rendering mistakes by USPTO</li>
      <li>at issuance, practitioner checks the issued patent for
        rendering mistakes by USPTO</li>
    </ul>
    <p>I am pretty sure that to cover these tasks, the professional-fee
      charge would need to be a lot more than $400.  I'd guess that at
      normal practitioner billing rates this needs to be more like
      $3000.</p>
    <p>I also suggest that the flat fee would need to cover the added
      professional liability risks associated with:</p>
    <ul>
      <li>being accused of getting the D1-D2 comparison wrong</li>
      <li>being accused of uploading an aux-PDF that fails to match the
        D1 file</li>
      <li>note that you will never be able to prove exactly which D1
        file you uploaded, since its name and file size and message
        digest will be missing from the ack receipt, so you will never
        be able to prove that your aux-PDF file really did match the D1
        file</li>
      <li>being accused of failing to do the check of the 18-month pub
        thoroughly enough</li>
      <li>being accused of failing to do the check of the issued patent
        thoroughly enough</li>
      <li>misplacing or accidentally deleting the locally preserved
        aux-PDF file before the expiration of the patent plus six years
        of litigation statute of limitations plus any PTE</li>
      <li>accidentally modifying the locally preserved aux-PDF file so
        that it differs by even one bit from what it was before, thus
        guaranteeing that it will no longer match the message digest
        that appears in the ack receipt</li>
    </ul>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/18/2024 4:43 PM, Katherine Koenig
      wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">How about either (1) the fee + PDF or (2) DOCX +
        $160/$400 flat fee for reviewing/comparing docs at filing? I
        think most clients would opt for the PDF option. </div>
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        <blockquote type="cite">On Jan 18, 2024, at 6:17 PM, Carl
          Oppedahl via Patentcenter
          <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com"><patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com></a> wrote:<br>
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          <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/18/2024 3:21 PM, Randall B.
            Bateman via Patentcenter wrote:<br>
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                  style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I
                  think that is a bit overstated.  If the client has
                  been advised, the choice is up to them.  It is not
                  malpractice to follow a client’s instructions if they
                  have been advised of the consequences. 
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          <p>This only works if one can prove (at litigation time) that
            one fully advised the client of all of the risks.</p>
          <p>Clearly what needs to happen is somebody drafting up an
            "advice of consequences" document and making sure that all
            of the risks are indeed fully spelled out.</p>
          <p>And then get the appropriate state ethics bodies to sign
            off that it is permitted under ethics rules to ask a client
            to agree to such a document.  (Some state ethics bodies
            frown on anything that smacks of asking a client to waive a
            malpractice claim in advance.)</p>
          <p>I suggest that merely memorializing "the client instructed
            me to file via DOCX to avoid the penalty" is not going to
            come anywhere close to protecting the practitioner.  One
            would have to spell out, quite fully, all of what you call
            "the consequences".  Just a couple of days ago I presented a
            CLE program that required well over a dozen presentation
            slides to spell out "the consequences". 
            <br>
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                  style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">There
                  are a lot of solo inventors and small companies that
                  are very concerned about costs.  I have also had
                  midsized clients that will likewise save money.  A lot
                  also depends on what you are trying to patent, it
                  would seem that an application with chemical or other
                  formulas is at a much higher risk than a simple
                  mechanical case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Randall
                  B. Bateman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Registered
                  Patent Attorney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Salt
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Patentcenter <a
                      class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">
                      <patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a>
                    <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Straussman via
                    Patentcenter<br>
                    <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 18, 2024 2:38 PM<br>
                    <b>To:</b> Randall Svihla via Patentcenter <a
                      class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                      href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">
                      <patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com></a><br>
                    <b>Cc:</b> Richard Straussman <a
                      class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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                    <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] Declarations and
                    DOCX filing<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
                  style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">I
                  seriously doubt that, unless  the firm is one of those
                  that relies upon volume business from "one off" sole
                  inventors and drafts applications and claims that are
                  either not infringeable or trivially circumvented just
                  to get the revenue, in which case, I say good riddance
                  to bad rubbish, and when such an inventor comes to me
                  to assert a patent from such a firm that filed in DOCX
                  and the patent is hosed because of what the PTO did, I
                  will tell them to sue the firm who did so for
                  malpractice.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">On 1/18/2024 4:30 PM, Randall
                  Svihla via Patentcenter wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Some
                    firms might lose all of their clients in response to
                    such an ultimatum.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Patentcenter <a
href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com"
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                        <patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a>
                      <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Straussman via
                      Patentcenter<br>
                      <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 18, 2024 4:17 PM<br>
                      <b>To:</b> David Boundy <a
                        href="mailto:DavidBoundyEsq@gmail.com"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">
                        <DavidBoundyEsq@gmail.com></a>; For bug
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                      <b>Cc:</b> Richard Straussman <a
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                        <rstraussman@weitzmanip.com></a><br>
                      <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] Declarations
                      and DOCX filing<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
                    style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Point
                    taken, although if you clearly spell it out the
                    limitation of what you are reviewing and why it is
                    not reliable due to what the PTO does, I am not sure
                    that there is an implied warranty - especially if
                    they acknowledge that they are acting expressly
                    contrary to your advice, and that you are doing it
                    as a "courtesy" and the charge is simply because
                    time must be expended to do so, even though it may
                    be futile.<br>
                    <br>
                    I am still investigating if NY and NJ law allows one
                    to absolve oneself in this type of manner from
                    liability.  If not, then it is PDF and pay the fee
                    or get new counsel. 
                    <br>
                    <br>
                    BTW - virtually all of my clients qualify as "small
                    entity" so they only face a $160 charge, so if cost
                    is a factor, they WILL always opt for the PDF route,
                    as it will always be cheaper.  The "large entity"
                    clients will follow my advice.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">Richard
                        Straussman</span></strong><b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy"><br>
                      </span></b><span class="c4"><b>Senior Counsel</b></span><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><br>
                      </span></b><span class="c6"><b><span
                          style="font-size:8.0pt">Registered Patent
                          Attorney</span></b></span><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><br>
                      </span></b><span class="c6"><span
                        style="font-size:8.0pt">Member NY, NJ & CT
                        Bars</span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><br>
                    </span><strong><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#989898">.
                        . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span></strong>
                    <span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><br>
                      <strong><span
style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:maroon">Weitzman
                          Law Offices, LLC</span></strong><span
                        style="color:maroon"><br>
                        <strong><span
style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Intellectual Property
                            Law</span></strong><br>
                      </span></span><span class="c4">425 Eagle Rock
                      Avenue, Suite 401 (PLEASE NOTE THE SUITE CHANGE)</span><span
                      class="c4"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
                      </span></span><span class="c4">Roseland, NJ 07068</span><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:maroon"><br>
                      <strong><span
style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">direct line</span></strong></span><span
                      class="c16">
                    </span><span class="c6"><span
                        style="font-size:8.0pt">973.403.9943</span></span><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#656565"><br>
                    </span><strong><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:maroon">main</span></strong><span
                      class="c16">
                    </span><span class="c6"><span
                        style="font-size:8.0pt">973.403.9940</span></span><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#656565"><br>
                    </span><strong><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:maroon">fax</span></strong><span
                      class="c16">
                    </span><span class="c6"><span
                        style="font-size:8.0pt">973.403.9944</span></span><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:maroon"><br>
                      <strong><span
style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">e-mail</span></strong></span><span
                      class="c16">
                    </span><span class="c13"><span
                        style="font-size:8.0pt"><a
                          href="mailto:rstraussman@weitzmanip.com"
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rstraussman@weitzmanip.com</a></span></span><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:maroon"><br>
                      <br>
                      <strong><u><span
style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a
                              href="http://www.weitzmanip.com/"
                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                              class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.weitzmanip.com</a></span></u></strong><b><u><br>
                        </u></b><br>
                    </span><span style="color:maroon"><br>
                      <br>
                    </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                </div>
                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal">On 1/18/2024 4:06 PM, David
                    Boundy wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
                </div>
                <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
                  <div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal">I would not take the approach
                        Rich recommends.  If you charge for
                        proofreading, you give an implied warranty.<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal">But you cannot warrant this. 
                        Because of the inherent design of DOCX,
                        <b><i>you cannot know what the PTO received</i></b>. 
                        Any DOCX you review on your computer is
                        necessarily
                        <b>on your computer</b>.  That gives you exactly
                        zero insight into what the very same bits will
                        yield on the PTO's computers.<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at
                        4:01 PM Richard Straussman via Patentcenter <<a
                          href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
                        wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <blockquote
style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
                      <div>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Some of those,
                            especially "one off" clients, can find a new
                            attorney.  For larger clients, I am trying
                            to work up a form along the lines of
                            something like this:
                            <br>
                            <br>
                            If you want to file in DOCX, we must have
                            the application complete and ready to file
                            at least 5 days before any due date, we will
                            charge to review the PTO created D2 file at
                            the fixed rate of $50 per text application
                            page and surcharge and additional $25 on top
                            for reviewing of each formula, table and per
                            page of pseudo code or source code listing
                            (we don't do chemical or biotech cases).  We
                            will also create and upload an Auxiliary PDF
                            and retain that file and the message digest
                            for that file for a fixed fee of $250.  <br>
                            <br>
                            Alternatively, they must agree to the filing
                            of a provisional application in PDF first
                            (and pay our fee and the Official Fee for
                            doing so) and we will file the DOCX the next
                            day that expressly incorporates the
                            provisional by reference in its entirety.<br>
                            <br>
                            We will also provide and send, with the
                            application and declaration, a form that the
                            Applicant MUST sign acknowledging all of the
                            problems and explaining the risks (to them
                            and us) associated with any DOCX filing with
                            or without the Auxiliary PDF or pre-filed
                            provisional, and that expressly states that
                            we absolutely ONLY recommend filing in PDF,
                            NEVER in DOCX, and that, if they insist on
                            DOCX, they affirmatively acknowledge that
                            they are acting
                            <u>directly contrary to our express legal
                              advice </u>and, thus, while we will,
                            thereafter, file in that form as a courtesy,
                            thereafter, they assume all responsibility
                            for all negatives that result from that form
                            of filing.  Those per-page charges will be
                            itemized in the sent form and will ALWAYS
                            result in much greater than the $400
                            surcharge (unless the application is less
                            than 8 pages of pure text without an Aux
                            file) or 3 pages with one (a size I have
                            only filed once in 30 years of practice and,
                            in which case (due to my practice areas) the
                            risks are probably non-existent), so if they
                            opt for the DOCX route, "stupid is as stupid
                            does."  If they refuse, then it is "sorry,
                            get new counsel time."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <div>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"
                            style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Richard Straussman</span></strong><b><br>
                              <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Senior Counsel</span></strong><br>
                              <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Registered Patent
                                  Attorney</span></strong><br>
                            </b>Member NY, NJ & CT Bars<br>
                            <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. . . . . . . . . . .
                                . . .</span></strong>
                            <br>
                            <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Weitzman Law Offices,
                                LLC</span></strong><br>
                            <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Intellectual Property
                                Law</span></strong><br>
                            425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 401 (PLEASE
                            NOTE THE SUITE CHANGE)<br>
                            Roseland, NJ 07068<br>
                            <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">direct line</span></strong>
                            973.403.9943<br>
                            <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">main</span></strong>
                            973.403.9940<br>
                            <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">fax</span></strong>
                            973.403.9944<br>
                            <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">e-mail</span></strong>
                            <a href="mailto:rstraussman@weitzmanip.com"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                              class="moz-txt-link-freetext">
                              rstraussman@weitzmanip.com</a><br>
                            <br>
                            <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a
                                  href="http://www.weitzmanip.com/"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.weitzmanip.com</a></span></strong><b><br>
                            </b><br>
                            <br>
                            <br>
                            <o:p></o:p></p>
                        </div>
                        <div>
                          <p class="MsoNormal">On 1/18/2024 3:31 PM,
                            Randall Svihla via Patentcenter wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
                        </div>
                        <blockquote
                          style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Not
                                every firm has clients who will agree to
                                pay the $400 non-DOCX surcharge
                                regardless of the parade of horribles.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                            <div
style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor">
                              <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
                                    style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b>
                                Patentcenter
                                <a
href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                  moz-do-not-send="true">
<patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David
                                Boundy via Patentcenter<br>
                                <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 18, 2024
                                3:28 PM<br>
                                <b>To:</b> For bug reports, feature
                                requests, and tips and tricks about
                                Patent Center.
                                <a
href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                  moz-do-not-send="true">
<patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com></a><br>
                                <b>Cc:</b> David Boundy <a
                                  href="mailto:DavidBoundyEsq@gmail.com"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                  <DavidBoundyEsq@gmail.com></a><br>
                                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter]
                                Declarations and DOCX filing<o:p></o:p></p>
                            </div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                            <div>
                              <div>
                                <div
id="m_-7806230092778126326m_-1964162874824305034gmail-:4b3">
                                  <div
id="m_-7806230092778126326m_-1964162874824305034gmail-:2uh">
                                    <div>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I agree with
                                        Rich.  My firm has issued a
                                        policy that we only file in
                                        PDF.   If a client wants DOCX,
                                        we give them a parade of
                                        horribles, and tell them that if
                                        they want to save $400, they
                                        must give us instructions in
                                        writing, and acknowledge all the
                                        costs of all the horribles.  Any
                                        nitwit can see that all the
                                        excess costs will be close to,
                                        perhaps above, $400 for even
                                        best-case applications, and any
                                        single high cost example will
                                        drive the average far above
                                        $400.   I'll let you know in a
                                        couple months if anyone accepts
                                        the offer.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                    </div>
                                  </div>
                                </div>
                              </div>
                            </div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                            <div>
                              <div>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On Thu, Jan
                                  18, 2024 at 3:16 PM Richard Straussman
                                  via Patentcenter <<a
href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
                                  wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
                              </div>
                              <blockquote
style="border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;border-color:currentcolor
                        currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204)">
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Much better to
                                      simply not file in DOCX (of
                                      course, its your license at risk,
                                      not to mention the value of any
                                      patent that might issue).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Richard Straussman</span></strong><b><br>
                                        <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Senior Counsel</span></strong><br>
                                        <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Registered Patent
                                            Attorney</span></strong><br>
                                      </b>Member NY, NJ & CT Bars<br>
                                      <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. . . . . . . . . . .
                                          . . .</span></strong>
                                      <br>
                                      <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Weitzman Law Offices,
                                          LLC</span></strong><br>
                                      <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Intellectual Property
                                          Law</span></strong><br>
                                      425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 401
                                      (PLEASE NOTE THE SUITE CHANGE)<br>
                                      Roseland, NJ 07068<br>
                                      <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">direct line</span></strong>
                                      973.403.9943<br>
                                      <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">main</span></strong>
                                      973.403.9940<br>
                                      <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">fax</span></strong>
                                      973.403.9944<br>
                                      <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">e-mail</span></strong>
                                      <a
href="mailto:rstraussman@weitzmanip.com" target="_blank"
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">
                                        rstraussman@weitzmanip.com</a><br>
                                      <br>
                                      <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a
href="http://www.weitzmanip.com/" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.weitzmanip.com</a></span></strong><b><br>
                                      </b><br>
                                      <br>
                                      <o:p></o:p></p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On 1/18/2024
                                      3:04 PM, Benjamin Keim via
                                      Patentcenter wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
                                  </div>
                                  <blockquote
style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
                                    <div>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">For those
                                        applications that are filed in
                                        DOCX, it bothers me that the
                                        document reviewed by the
                                        inventors when they decide to
                                        sign the declaration is not the
                                        document that is saved in Patent
                                        Center. <o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">For PDF
                                        filings we would send the
                                        inventors the PDF document and
                                        the declaration form. They would
                                        choose to sign the declaration
                                        if they agreed what was in the
                                        PDF specification and drawings
                                        was their invention. We would
                                        upload the documents reviewed by
                                        the inventors and they would be
                                        saved in the USPTO’s electronic
                                        system. I suppose it wasn’t
                                        actually the documents reviewed
                                        by the inventors because the
                                        PDFs were changed by flattening
                                        each page to a TIFF image and
                                        reassembling as a PDF. But all
                                        the ink on the page would be the
                                        same but for some halftoning
                                        degradation.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The USPTO
                                        declaration form PTO/AIA/01 for
                                        declarations included with the
                                        initial filing has the language
                                        “As the below named inventor, I
                                        hereby declare that: This
                                        declaration is directed to: The
                                        attached application.” What the
                                        inventor considers as the
                                        “attached application” may be
                                        different than what becomes the
                                        record copy in Patent Center.
                                        Does this open up the inventors
                                        to risk of fine or imprisonment
                                        (or both) if the USPTO systems
                                        change something significant in
                                        the DOCX file?<o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I’m thinking
                                        about creating a declaration
                                        form that lists the file name,
                                        file size, and SHA-512 hash of
                                        the documents (spec and
                                        drawings) provided to the
                                        inventors. My intention for this
                                        would be to unambiguously link
                                        the documents reviewed by the
                                        inventors with their statements
                                        made in the declaration.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">-Ben<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Benjamin A.
                                          Keim<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">(206)
                                          920-9038<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><u><span
                                              style="color:#0563C1"><a
href="mailto:ben@newportip.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                                  style="color:#0563C1">ben@newportip.com</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      </div>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <div>
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style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor">
                                          <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b>
                                            Patentcenter
                                            <a
href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                              moz-do-not-send="true">
<patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl
                                            Oppedahl via Patentcenter<br>
                                            <b>Sent:</b> Thursday,
                                            January 18, 2024 9:01 AM<br>
                                            <b>To:</b> For bug reports,
                                            feature requests, and tips
                                            and tricks about Patent
                                            Center.
                                            <a
href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                              moz-do-not-send="true">
<patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com></a><br>
                                            <b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <a
href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                              <carl@oppedahl.com></a><br>
                                            <b>Subject:</b> Re:
                                            [Patentcenter] Faxes to the
                                            PTO - some legacy things do
                                            work<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        </div>
                                      </div>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yeah,
                                          I imagine most practitioners
                                          do always file the declaration
                                          with the application.  I
                                          imagine I am quite out of the
                                          ordinary, having to hand in
                                          inventors' declarations later.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">What
                                          happens to me is, I keep
                                          fiddling with the text of the
                                          patent application,
                                          particularly the claims, with
                                          multiple version changes
                                          leading up to the moment, late
                                          in the day on the last
                                          possible day, that I click
                                          "submit" and e-file it at the
                                          patent office.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The
                                          inventor declaration of course
                                          is tied to the notion that the
                                          signer has reviewed the patent
                                          application that is going to
                                          be filed, and agrees that he
                                          or she is an inventor
                                          thereof.  But in my case,
                                          given that the exact wording
                                          of the application kept
                                          wriggling around until the
                                          very end, there is no way the
                                          inventor could be expected to
                                          sign such a thing until after
                                          the wriggling had ceased. 
                                          Which means, no way could the
                                          inventor even sign the
                                          declaration until
                                          chronologically after the
                                          filing of the application had
                                          taken place.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <p><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yet
                                          another thing that happens to
                                          me is, the instructions come
                                          in from foreign instructing
                                          counsel to please get
                                          something filed at the USPTO. 
                                          So I prepare inventor
                                          declarations and send them to
                                          instructing counsel.  The
                                          signed declarations do not
                                          arrive until some days later,
                                          long after the US patent
                                          application got filed.  Which
                                          means, no way could I managed
                                          to file the declaration with
                                          the application.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On 1/18/2024
                                          8:49 AM, Randall Svihla via
                                          Patentcenter wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
                                      </div>
                                      <blockquote
style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We always file the
                                            declaration with the
                                            application.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <div>
                                          <div
style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor">
                                            <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b>
                                              Patentcenter
                                              <a
href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                                moz-do-not-send="true">
<patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Roger
                                              Browdy via Patentcenter<br>
                                              <b>Sent:</b> Thursday,
                                              January 18, 2024 10:34 AM<br>
                                              <b>To:</b> For bug
                                              reports, feature requests,
                                              and tips and tricks about
                                              Patent Center.
                                              <a
href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                                moz-do-not-send="true">
<patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com></a><br>
                                              <b>Cc:</b> Roger Browdy <a
href="mailto:RLBrowdy@browdyneimark.com" target="_blank"
                                                moz-do-not-send="true">
<RLBrowdy@browdyneimark.com></a><br>
                                              <b>Subject:</b> Re:
                                              [Patentcenter] Faxes to
                                              the PTO - some legacy
                                              things do work<o:p></o:p></p>
                                          </div>
                                        </div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I don’t think
                                          it is a joke.  I bet there was
                                          a huge volume of applications
                                          filed Tuesday night to avoid
                                          the DOCX tax.  We had to file
                                          one late at night and had a
                                          hell of a time trying to do
                                          so.  Couldn’t file the
                                          assignment/dec forms with EPAS
                                          because of the problems and
                                          couldn’t get back into PC to
                                          file the declaration directly,
                                          so have to pay the surcharge
                                          for late filing of declaration
                                          because of the PTO problems. 
                                          In a fair world, we would be
                                          able to get that refunded.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Roger<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <div>
                                          <div
style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor">
                                            <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b>
                                              Patentcenter
                                              <a
href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                                moz-do-not-send="true">
<patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patent
                                              Lawyer via Patentcenter<br>
                                              <b>Sent:</b> Thursday,
                                              January 18, 2024 10:25 AM<br>
                                              <b>To:</b> For bug
                                              reports, feature requests,
                                              and tips and tricks about
                                              Patent Center.
                                              <a
href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                                moz-do-not-send="true">
<patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com></a><br>
                                              <b>Cc:</b> Patent Lawyer <a
href="mailto:patentlawyer995@gmail.com" target="_blank"
                                                moz-do-not-send="true">
<patentlawyer995@gmail.com></a><br>
                                              <b>Subject:</b>
                                              [Patentcenter] Faxes to
                                              the PTO - some legacy
                                              things do work<o:p></o:p></p>
                                          </div>
                                        </div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">There was
                                          recent discussion about faxes
                                          to the PTO and return faxes
                                          from the PTO. 
                                          <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Because of
                                          yesterday’s shit show with
                                          Patent Center and because of
                                          other deficiencies in Patent
                                          Center, I had to fax four
                                          separate submissions to the
                                          PTO last night.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I did receive
                                          acknowledgment faxes back from
                                          the PTO for each submission.  
                                          So, that legacy functionality
                                          is still there, and it still
                                          worked for me.  (I hope the
                                          PTO lurkers on this list don’t
                                          go and turn it off!)<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I use a
                                          service called eFax.  It is
                                          not free.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">PS. I am
                                          still laughing at Sandra E’s
                                          joke about DDOS being just
                                          normal filers filing in a
                                          volume the system can’t
                                          handle.<o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                      </blockquote>
                                    </div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                  </blockquote>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                                </div>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">--
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><br
                                clear="all">
                              <br>
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