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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/9/2025 1:37 AM, Pamela Brisky
(Fujitsu) via Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">We have had several instances where the USPTO has
been "unable" to complete elect<span>ronic retrieval of
priority documents from the Japanese Patent Office. The
USPTO states that they are receiving a message when
attempting the retrieval that says "no PDF file." After
three tries, they stop and don't make any further attempts. </span><span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span>I've never encountered this issue before
the last month or so and I suspect the issue is on the USPTO
end. </span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span>Has anyone else had this happen to them? If
so, what country?</span></div>
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<p>And while we are on the topic ...</p>
<p>I expect that for each of these Japanese priority documents, you
had already set up "tracking" in DAS, right? So now what you can
do is click in DAS to look at the Retrieval History. Here is an
example of an actual Retrieval History:</p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.M241HfSM.Y0kqwSx5@oppedahl.com" alt=""
width="844" height="291"></p>
<p>In this particular Retrieval History, we see that JPO, EPO, and
USPTO each did successfully retrieve their electronic certified
copy in November or December of 2024.</p>
<p>So now to turn to your Retrieval History for each of your
Japanese priority documents ... what does it say for the US? Does
it say that the retrieval succeeded? Does it say that the
retrieval failed? <br>
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