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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I agree with Randall. I think that you are likely going to have to pay the hefty fee under 37 CFR § 1.55(e).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">In a similar situation, we filed a corrected ADS to try to correct a mistake in the originally filed ADS. But we were denied and forced to file a Petition under 37 CFR § 1.55(e).
The PCT Help Desk confirmed that a Petition under 37 CFR § 1.55(e) was the only way to fix the error in our ADS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I would review the MPEP because it is more forgiving than what 37 CFR § 1.55(d)(1) suggests. But I don\u2019t think it allows correcting a transposition of numbers in the application
number. MPEP § <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s211.html#ch200_d1ff71_24d33_c">
211.03</a> explains: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">A petition under <b><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9020-appx-r.html#aia_d0e320662">37 CFR 1.78</a><span style="font-weight:normal"> and
the petition fee would not be required for correcting a timely submitted benefit claim for the following situations:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">(A) Changing the relationship of the applications (e.g., changing from \u201ccontinuation\u201d or \u201cdivisional\u201d to \u201ccontinuation-in-part\u201d or from \u201ccontinuation-in-part\u201d
to \u201ccontinuation\u201d or \u201cdivisional\u201d);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">(B) Changing the filing date of a prior-filed nonprovisional or provisional application; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">(C) Changing a benefit claim of a prior-filed provisional application under <b><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.html#d0e303023313">35
U.S.C. 120</a><span style="font-weight:normal"> (e.g., \u201cThis application is a continuation of prior-filed provisional application No. ---\u201d) to a benefit claim of the same provisional application under </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.html#d0e302951">35
U.S.C. 119(e)</a><span style="font-weight:normal"> (e.g., \u201cThis application claims the benefit of prior-filed provisional application No. ---\u201d) during the pendency of the later-filed application. Note, however: If the later-filed application has issued as
a patent, the correction cannot be made by a certificate of correction and would not be effective in a reissue application because the term of a patent is measured from the prior application\u2019s filing date and removing the benefit claim under </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.html#d0e303023313">35
U.S.C. 120</a><span style="font-weight:normal">, </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.html#d0e303040912">121</a><span style="font-weight:normal">, </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.html#d0e307053">365(c)</a><span style="font-weight:normal">,
or </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.html#al_d225a2_29a9c_1b3">386(c)</a><span style="font-weight:normal"> would have the effect of lengthening the term of the patent.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">We had the right number and filing date, but we put it in the wrong box in the ADS, which I thought was similar to changing a benefit claim to a provisional application under
35 U.S.C. 120 to under 35 U.S.C. 119(e). But the AAU disagreed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">We didn\u2019t file a petition under 37 CFR § 1.183 for the reasons that Randall provided.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Randall Svihla via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 23, 2025 4:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Randall Svihla <rsvihla@nsiplaw.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] Priority Application - typo in ADS<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have never done this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The problem I see with filing a Petition Under 37 CFR 1.181 is that 37 CFR 1.55(d)(1) states as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(d) <i>Time for filing priority claim</i>\u2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(1)
<i>Application under 35 U.S.C. 111(a).</i> The claim for priority must be filed within
<u>the later of four months from the actual filing date of the application or sixteen months from the filing date of the prior foreign application in an original application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a),</u> except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section.
<u>The claim for priority must be presented in an application data sheet (§ 1.76(b)(6)) and must identify the foreign application to which priority is claimed by specifying the application number</u>, country (or intellectual property authority), day, month,
and year of its filing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What you would actually be asking them to do in the Petition Under 37 CFR 1.181 is to waive the underlined requirements of 37 CFR 1.55(d). The appropriate petition for this is a Petition Under
37 CFR 1.183:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">§ 1.183 Suspension of rules.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In an extraordinary situation, when justice requires,</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> any requirement of the regulations in this part which
is not a requirement of the statutes may be suspended or waived by the Director or the Director's designee, sua sponte, or on petition of the interested party, subject to such other requirements as may be imposed. Any petition under this section must be accompanied
by the petition fee set forth in § 1.17(f).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">However, you will have a hard time meeting the "[i]n an extraordinary situation, when justice requires" standard. They will say you already
<u>have</u> a remedy--filing a Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Claim for Priority Under 37 CFR 1.55(e). The fact that you do not want to pay the $3,000 large-entity petition fee ($1,200 small-entity) is immaterial.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Randall S. Svihla<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NSIP Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 23, 2025 3:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <<a href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com">carl@oppedahl.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] Priority Application - typo in ADS<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">A listserv member asks to post anonymously.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Has anyone encountered an issue along these lines ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Typographical error (transposition of numbers) in a foreign priority document listed on an ADS; the priority claim in spec is correct (thereby confirming applicant's intention).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Application was filed more than 2 years ago but is before allowance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">If you have, have you had the priority corrected or clarified without filing a Petition to accept a delayed priority claim? For example, have you filed a miscellaneous petition to
the Director under 37 CFR 1.181 explaining the situation and had it successfully remedied? Basically - have you done this without throwing thousands of dollars at the Office to fix it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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