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firms and corporations are trying to figure out what to do about
the USPTO’s DOCX initiative (the $400 non-DOCX penalty) that came
into effect on January 17, 2024. Other firms and corporations
have already decided what to do about the DOCX initiative. This
survey hopes to collect responses from firms and corporations
about their present approaches to the DOCX initiative. How many
firms and corporations have decided not to file in DOCX format
(meaning that they have decided to pay the non-DOCX penalty)? How
many firms and corporations have decided to file in the
DOCX-plus-auxiliary-PDF path? How many firms and corporations
have decided to file in the DOCX-alone path?</p>
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respond to<span> </span><a
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwsYP2nQJUKQP9bQOUCvDoKTX07KQGnUeRRlu0nBQhmE_d7w/viewform?usp=sf_link"
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survey</a>.</p>
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<div style="box-sizing: inherit;">It is likely to be very helpful
to the patent community to have lots of responses from lots of
firms and corporations. I hope that lots of members of the
patent community will respond, and I thank you in advance for
your participation.</div>
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<div style="box-sizing: inherit;">Carl Oppedahl</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit;">Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC</div>
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