<div dir="ltr">You must petition. See MPEP 140 and 37 CF 5.12-13.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 10:03\u202fAM William Ahmed via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr">Normally, the filing receipt for a US patent application includes a non-retroactive foreign filing license.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">THE SITUATION --></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">A client wants patent rights in a non-USA jurisdiction that provides extra benefits if the FIRST filing is in that jurisdiction. The invention was made in the USA.</div><div dir="ltr">Client therefore needs the first filing to be OUTSIDE of USA, so the client can sign a declaration to that non-USA patent office that this is the FIRST filing.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">If I recall, it is possible to fax (or whatever) to USPTO to get foreign-filing permission WITHOUT filing an actual US patent application.</div><div dir="ltr">Is this true?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">How does it work?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks</div><div dir="ltr">Bill</div></div></div>-- <br>
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