<div dir="ltr"><div>Bob - Sounds like you enjoy punishment. You want to file DOCX, when you have a PDF in hand. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 9:34\u202fAM Bob Barber 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:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>I'm sure this was discussed previously but I don't recall the
answer: does filing by reference avoid the non-docx charge? I assume
not, but thought I'd ask. I have to file a continuation in a case in
which I don't have a docx version of the spec but only a pdf version. </div><div><br></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><br></div><div dir="ltr">Bob<br></div><br></div></div></div>-- <br>
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