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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You are claiming benefit in CON1 through NPA1, the Application number should be the NPA1 application number. Otherwise it is interpreted as CON1 directly claiming benefit to
PPA1 after its expiration, which, of course, doesn\u2019t compute. So, what you likely wanted when you filed CON1 was:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(blank, for the instant application) claims benefit of (pending) NPA1 filed 11/23/22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NPA1 claims benefit of (expired) PPA1 filed 12/02/21,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NPA1 claims benefit of (expired) PPA2 filed 6/14/22,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NPA1 claims benefit of (expired) PPA3 filed 10/10/22,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Filing a corrected ADS now, I
<i>believe</i> you\u2019d put \u201cpatented\u201d instead of \u201cpending\u201d for NPA1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">And you may need to petition for a late claim of priority. (MPEP 214.02)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 10:34</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">\u202f</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" 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><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Here are the facts:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PPA1 filed 12/02/21</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PPA2 filed 06/14/22</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PPA3 filed 10/10/22</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NPA1 filed 11/23/22</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CON1 filed 5/8/23</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NPA1 issued 08/01/23</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Filing receipt for CON1 only lists the claim to NPA1 serial number.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It does not include the claims to the PPAs.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" 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><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Here\u2019s what the ADS looks like for the claim to the PPA1 (the claims to the other PPAs are the same):</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prior app status Expired</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Application number ---</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Continuity type Claims benefit of provisional</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prior app number 63xxxxxx</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Filing date 12/02/21</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" 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 \u201cApplication number\u201d.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Is the USTPO employee correct?</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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