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<span dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">As a data point, I have been saved by an incorporation by reference when the PTO destroyed drawings in the conversion process. That was years ago. We now upload to the SCORE database. </span>
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<p>Feb 1, 2024 9:58:36 AM William Ahmed via Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com>:</p>
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Dear List,
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Suppose we (i) file the spec in .DOCX for a US non-provisional under 35 USC 111 and
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(ii) 20 minutes after filing on the DAY of filing, we submit a preliminary amendment in PDF on the day of filing,
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does this PDF preliminary amendment trigger the .DOCX surcharge?
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Question B [unrelated]--> hypothetically, let's say we file .DOCX without the auxiliary pdf - we would NEVER do that, but let's just say hypothetically.
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Let's assume that this patent application is a CON [parent filed in pdf format] of a published/pending US patent non-provisional application,
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and that on page 1 of the .DOCX spec the CON parent is incorporated by reference.
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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
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into block symbols or otherwise downgraded). I have no AUX-PDF to save me in this situation.
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Would the incorporation-by-reference save the situation?
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Thank you,
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Bill
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