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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Good points, and \u201cless is more\u201d is not a bad strategy generally. Thanks, Suzannah.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">(By the way, in case you were wondering, I think a change in my email address caused my response to an earlier email in the same thread back in August to be hung up for a bit.
I responded from my new email address without realizing the system wouldn\u2019t recognize me as a listserv member. As a PSA, I\u2019d say it\u2019s best to sign up afresh under the new email before you send emails.)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In the past, I never had any issue getting such granted by simply stating that \u201ccolor is necessary to understand at least some of the drawings\u201d.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This past year, I had one such petition rejected\u2026 required that I point to a specific drawing.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thus, my renewed petition simply stated after the above statement \u201cSee, for example, FIG. [X].\u201d</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I did not provide any other reason or explanation\u2026 and the renewed petition was granted.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I loathe stating/admitting any more than what is the bare minimum because such additional information can likely bite one in the ass later.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(btw, the Figure I used in to justify the Petition for Color Drawings is one that actually require color to appreciate the data presented thereby.)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] [External Sender] Petition for Color Drawings Denied</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I agree it should not be so difficult to get a petition for color drawings granted.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">That said, similar to my understanding of Roger\u2019s approach, I used the magic language from 37 CFR 1.84(a)(2), e.g., the color drawings are \u201cthe only practicable medium for illustrating
aspects the claimed invention\u201d to get a denial of a petition to allow use of color drawings (some/most of which also included photographs) reversed.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The following may have also helped:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Brief rationale supporting why the color drawings \u201care the only practicable medium for illustrating aspects the claimed
invention\u201d (avoiding unnecessary comment about specific figures does make sense, and I believe I focused more on why certain elements of the drawings generally not coming through in B&W, and I also specifically mentioned the USPTO habit of degrading B&W figures
as an aggravating factor)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Examiner interview</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Converting, by amendment based on a request from the examiner, a few figures to B&W that arguably did not need to be in
color</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Providing a few examples of patents in which similar use of color in drawings had been allowed</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">(Including also with the original filing the language in the spec that indicates at least one drawing is executed in color,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Interestingly enough, the matter involved filing one petition in each of two sister applications sharing the same spec and figures but different claims. In the one application,
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some point, at least in theory per the official who initial denied the petition in the second application but then reversed course, still object to one figure or another including photographs and/or being in color.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I often get such petitions denied on first attempt. In my request for reconsideration I again use the magic words that are necessary to prove the necessity for color drawings.
Here is an example of one like yours that was granted:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Applicant respectfully petitions for acceptance under 37 CFR</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">§1.84(a)(2) of color drawings in the accompanying application. Some of the figures</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">are in color. The color drawings are needed as, for some of the figures, the features</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">illustrating the invention shown only by color cannot be distinguished in a</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">corresponding black and white copy. Attention is respectfully drawn to Figure 18A,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">as an example of a drawing requiring color as the only practical medium by which to</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">disclose the subject matter sought to be patented. Figure 18A shows</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">immunofluorescence using monoclonal antibodies that fluoresce in red and green</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">mounted in DAPI (blue) (see the brief description of Figs. 18A-C bridging pages 20</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">and 21 of the specification as filed).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The features shown in these figures by color could not be distinguished</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">in a corresponding black and white copy. Thus, color drawings are the only practical</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">So, I filed a Petition to Accept Color Drawings in a regular US Utility, which the color is truly necessary as it shows different fluorescent colors in a 3D tissue sample\u2026 invention is essentially a method
for determining the effect of certain agents on tissue damage, which can be seen by the difference in fluorescent staining in a chunk (not just a slice) of tissue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The petition was denied because the Petitions Office claims that there is an insufficient showing of necessity of color.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Here is an exemplary tissue sample in color and what it would be in gray scale below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><img border="0" width="548" height="281" style="width:5.7083in;height:2.927in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image007.png@01DC490F.FD2C7AC0" alt="A collage of images of a rock inflamed
AI-generated content may be incorrect."></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><img border="0" width="544" height="281" style="width:5.6666in;height:2.927in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image008.png@01DC490F.FD2C7AC0" alt="A comparison of rock invertebrate
AI-generated content may be incorrect."></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It\u2019s stupid that I must waste my time with this. I\u2019m going to respond to the dismissed petition by asking the USPTO to point to each nuclei in the black/white version of the drawing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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