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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">David - what is your non-conforming DOCX? [I would think its a non-text DOCX - i.e. your AUX pdf file which each page converted into a GIF file and embedded into DOCX, page by page - is this correct?]</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">How is it safer than an 'ordinary' DOCX?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Does your non-confirming DOCX avoid the $400 surcharge?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Bill</div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 04:51:46 PM GMT+2, David Boundy via Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv8372674969"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>That's more or less what I do. The word processor I use generates only a DOCX that doesn't conform to the regs. So I file the non-conforming DOCX with the auxiliary PDF. I get a request for substitute spec, and I then file my "auxiliary PDF" as a substitute spec. Voila, no fee, no hassle.<br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv8372674969gmail_quote yiv8372674969gmail_quote_container"><div id="yiv8372674969yqtfd77905" class="yiv8372674969yqt4711707880"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv8372674969gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 9:34\u202fAM Bob Barber via Patentpractice <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv8372674969gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><div>An
alternative is to use pdf-xchange to convert the document to docx, and
to include the backup pdf upon filing. Since the parent case is
incorporated by reference, I can then just file a replacement spec
later, viz. the original pdf (rather than proofread the "docx" version,
which isn't worth my time or the client's money).</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div id="yiv8372674969yqtfd37640" class="yiv8372674969yqt4711707880"><br clear="none"></div></div><div id="yiv8372674969yqtfd32515" class="yiv8372674969yqt4711707880">
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