<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Indeed there is \u2014 thank you!! I try to learn something new every day, and my day\u2019s goal has now been fulfilled. Maybe I should quit work early while I\u2019m ahead!<div><br></div><div>Interestingly, I haven\u2019t been having any problems accessing Patent Center using Safari on my Mac, but the color drawing links don\u2019t work in Safari. I fired up Microsoft Edge and they worked there without problem. Go figure.</div><div><br></div><div> - Mike.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Apr 18, 2024, at 11:01\u202fAM, Randall Svihla <rsvihla@nsiplaw.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hi, Michael<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">There should be a link on the left side of Patent Center named "Supplemental Content."<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Click on that and there will be a drawing file you can download if in fact color drawings were uploaded and coded as color drawings.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Randall S. Svihla<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">NSIP Law<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b>Michael Dryja via Patentpractice<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, April 18, 2024 1:56 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Michael Dryja <<a href="mailto:mike@dryjapat.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">mike@dryjapat.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Patentpractice] getting a color physical certified copy? (was Re: Design Patents Granted in Color?)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hi Carl,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I meekly admit that I do not what SCORE is nor how to access it. In 30 years of practice this is the first time I\u2019ve ever needed to access color drawings! :\<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> - Mike.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">On Apr 16, 2024, at 9:07\u202fAM, Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div><div><p><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Aren't the color drawings in SCORE? What did you find when you looked in SCORE?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">On 4/16/2024 10:00 AM, Michael Dryja via Patentpractice wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I have a related issue \u2026<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We have a 102 reference (issued utility patent) asserted against us (a utility application). In the 102 reference, color drawings were submitted, and Patent Center shows that there was a petition to accept color drawings, which was accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The halftoned drawings are inscrutable. I literally cannot read some of the blocks of the flowchart, and being able to read them is somewhat critical to our argument.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The halftoned version of the original drawings that were uploaded by the applicant in the 102 reference, as available in Patent Center, are a bit better than the drawings in the published patent application and the issued patent, but not much.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Is there any way to get the actual original color drawings that presumably were originally filed?<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> - Mike.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">On Apr 16, 2024, at 8:50\u202fAM, Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Yes I have gone around and around with the Office of Public Records on this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Over and over again I have ordered up a physical certified copy of a US patent application in which color drawings were filed. They are right there in SCORE. When I order the copy, I phone up the OPR to emphasize that they need to use the SCORE drawings when they prepare the physical certified copy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Over and over again, they play dumb and use only the poor quality (halftoned, no color) drawings from IFW.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Over and over again, I place followup calls to OPR to say the certified copy was defective and can they send a new certified copy that is not defective.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I think the last five times I went through this bad movie with OPR, only once out of five times did I end up with a non-defective physical certified copy.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The next thing you might thing is, maybe DAS would work better. But no, the electronic certified copy that the USPTO makes available to DAS is also defective. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">On 4/16/2024 8:46 AM, Goldberg, Judi via Patentpractice wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi Scott \u2013 do you know if there is a way to obtain a certified copy of a US design application as filed which includes color drawings? <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>We got a rejection that the drawings in our foreign application (color) didn\u2019t match what was filed in the US because the drawings in the certified copy of the US priority design application were in black and white. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The USPTO told me they don\u2019t issue certified copies in color, but color is/can be an important element of a design application. </span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Suggestions?</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks in advance!</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Judi</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none;"><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span> </span></span><span>Patentpractice<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><font color="purple"><span style="color: purple;"><patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></span></font></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b>Scott Nielson via Patentpractice<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, April 15, 2024 6:55 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Oppedahl List [Patent Practice]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><font color="purple"><span style="color: purple;"><patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com></span></font></a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Scott Nielson<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:scnielson@outlook.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><font color="purple"><span style="color: purple;"><scnielson@outlook.com></span></font></a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[Patentpractice] Design Patents Granted in Color?</span><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><b><font size="3" color="#b8312f" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(184, 49, 47);">[External Email]</span></font></b></strong><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;">I filed a design patent with non-vector drawings and used the document description "Drawings-only black and white line drawings." I rasterized the drawings before filing so they were already in the format the USPTO likes (1 bit black and white monochrome). </span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;"> </span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;">The USPTO entered an exact copy of the drawings I filed in the Supplemental Content tab.</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;"> </span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;">When the patent was granted, the PTO issued a "SCORE Placeholder Sheet for IFW Content" stating that SCORE contains a "Patent Grant with Color/Grayscale Drawings."</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;"> </span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;">In SCORE, there is a tab labeled "File type" "US Patent Color"</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;"><image001.png></span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;"> </span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;">In this tab in SCORE, I can download a copy of the patent that is password protected and ostensibly would have had color drawings if I had filed color drawings. It appears that USPTO has implemented color drawings for all design patents. If you file color drawings, there will be a copy of the design patent in SCORE that includes the color drawings.</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;"> </span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;">This also means that for each design patent, the granted patent is published electronically in there different formats:</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;">1. the public pdf version available on PPUBS. This uses the halftone drawings.</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;">2. the eGrant copy available in Patent Center that includes a signed digital signature but is otherwise unlocked. I'm not sure if this the halftone or original drawings.</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;">3. the color copy in SCORE that includes copies of the original drawings as uploaded by the applicant including color. The pdf file is locked with password protection and 128-bit encryption (it allows printing, content copying, and content copying for accessibility).</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;"> </span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;">I suppose the takeaway is that for design patents, go ahead and file in color. The USPTO will issue a copy of the application in SCORE with color drawings (and maybe the eGrant will have color drawings).</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;"> </span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div id="Signature"><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><font size="2" color="#1f3864" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif; color: rgb(31, 56, 100); font-weight: bold;">Scott Nielson</span></font></b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos Serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Aptos Serif", serif;">801-660-4400</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></blockquote><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">--<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Patentpractice mailing list<br></span></font><span><a href="mailto:Patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><font size="3" color="purple" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: purple;">Patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</span></font></a></span><font size="3" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></font><span><a href="http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentpractice_oppedahl-lists.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><font size="3" color="purple" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: purple;">http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentpractice_oppedahl-lists.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">--<br>Patentpractice mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br><a href="http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentpractice_oppedahl-lists.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentpractice_oppedahl-lists.com</a></span></font></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>