<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Yeah, I thought the same. Then my wonderful assistants pointed out the docketing difficulties of having (in essence) two serial numbers for the same application. So I am pretty convinced that either provisional-plus-incorporation-by-reference or PCT-plus-file-by-reference are more costly than the $400/$160/$80.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>The one thing that I'm still cogitating is the Preliminary Amendment work around.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 11:10 AM Roger Browdy <<a href="mailto:RLBrowdy@browdyneimark.com" target="_blank">RLBrowdy@browdyneimark.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It seems to me that the explicit incorporation by reference technique for continuations, divisionals, and non-provisionals that are identical to the incorporated by reference provisional is superior to aux-pdf as no petition is ever necessary.
If an error in the PTO version of the application is discovered any time during the pendency of the application, it should be easy to correct by simple amendment as it will not be new matter due to the incorporation by reference. But it is problematic after
the patent issues. You could try a request for certificate of correction, but it is not Office error. To correct an applicant’s error, you need more than no new matter. You have to show that no further examination is necessary, etc. It may be that the
only means of correction is by reissue. Again, no problem of new matter in the reissue, but still a lot of extra time and expense. We have no idea how aux-pdf will work in the same situation after issue.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] [Patentpractice] two questions about the dreaded .DOCX situation<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes, you can rely on the incorporated-by-reference parent to correct errors introduced by the PTO.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The existence of a path to get a correction is only half the problem. The other half is that the PTO will not reimburse you or your client for the costs of doing the proofreading, error checking, or correction.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Suppose we (i) file the spec in .DOCX for a US non-provisional under 35 USC 111 and <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Let's assume that this patent application is a CON [parent filed in pdf format] of a published/pending US patent non-provisional application,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The patent grants, and there are problems with the granted patents due to USPTO .DOCX technology issues (e.g. one of the equations is converted<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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