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Bruce is right. In USPTO parlance, the meaning of "---" on the ADS is "this application"i.e., the one your filing when you are filling out the ADS, which is CON1. Why the USPTO cannot simply say "this application" or something similar instead of using dashes
is beyond me. When the ADS was filled out, NPA1 should have been listed where the dashes are to show that it is NPA1 that claims direct priority to the provisionals. </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 4, 2024 11:29 AM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] correcting a filing receipt for failure to properly list the priority claim</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I request your thoughts concerning a request to correct a filing receipt for failure to properly list the priority claim.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Here are the facts:</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PPA1 filed 12/02/21</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PPA2 filed 06/14/22</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PPA3 filed 10/10/22</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NPA1 filed 11/23/22</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CON1 filed 5/8/23</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NPA1 issued 08/01/23</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Filing receipt for CON1 only lists the claim to NPA1 serial number.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It does not include the claims to the PPAs.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The USPTO is telling me the petition to correct is denied because of the way the PPAs are recited in the ADS.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Heres what the ADS looks like for the claim to the PPA1 (the claims to the other PPAs are the same):</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prior app status Expired</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Application number ---</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Continuity type Claims benefit of provisional</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prior app number 63xxxxxx</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Filing date 12/02/21</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The USPTO employee is telling me the reason the benefit claim is improper is because there is not a number, but instead dashes, for the Application number.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Is the USTPO employee correct?</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
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