<img width="1" height="1" src='https://gcfagjf.r.bh.d.sendibt3.com/tr/op/3sbQbONEfCbmtN3E4lAVEtVfvHuMYGrAjfnzukkTn3NsyUrrfvRHn2ieQbN6UKztKLM0-a3Q9UmiAUma5edHGHioISLGbOSGsaPBqXrBMXUh5Lyv7kAg6SUCXhzc2pzL8iQLn8z2KiTvD0ftDT-_GNcmHuJzx2wobhTiwT1OWj7usxgS8jXhplsLC92aueU09ZCI9XbYd6J9E8NKnWiSKCPwfaVlATAKww' /><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>I wonder: if someone was willing to pay to fight this, how does the PTO's position re applicant-submitted pdf survive the red-faced test in front of a judge?</div><div><br></div><div>"Well, your honor, it's true our software messed up a perfectly good, human-readable document, but that's the applicant's fault, because he didn't follow our procedure and submit something that we were to potentially going to mangle. And the fact that we don't keep an actual copy of anything that's filed (unless it's non-b/w drawings in SCORE) is the applicant's problem."<br></div><div><br></div><div>Dan<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 11:15\u202fPM Margaret Polson via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.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 class="msg-3089505901036465251">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fun fact, if you try to get your publication fixed \u201cfor USPTO error\u201d your petition will be denied saying that scanning errors cause by your filing a pdf (this is before
the surcharge) are not a USPTO error. (the error was in the claims, clearly material error)
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