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On 11/22/2023 9:00 AM, Andrew Berks via Pct wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I had a problem earlier this year in another case
filed at the RO/IB and electing the ISA/US. First of all, I
frequently recommend the ISA/US with small entity clients
because the search fee is lower with small entity prices. The
problem was that the ISA/US made a unity of invention
objection and issued an invitation to pay an additional search
fee. The client was OK with this, but this case did not appear
on Patent Center/EFSweb/Private PAIR - because it was filed at
RO/IB. We had to pay the fee with a credit card form that was
faxed, which is really ridiculous. Putting full credit card
info on a paper and faxing it is not secure. The fee payment
form was clearly marked with what the money was for - the
additional search fees.
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<div>But the people who do the searching didn't get the
message that the additional fees were paid and issued the
WOSA without searching the second invention. Bottom line -
this bad WOSA was issued in March 2023 and as of today (Nov.
21, 2023) this situation is still not resolved. <br>
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I am sorry Andrew to hear of this service failure at the USPTO. Yes
it sounds like the ISA/US did not provide all of the services that
you paid for at the ISA/US.
<p>So yes the question presented is, how can you send communications
to the ISA/US? Especially if you filed in an RO that was not
RO/US. This brings us to slide number 12 at <a
href="https://www.oplf.com/2023-epct/webinar-14.pdf"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.oplf.com/2023-epct/webinar-14.pdf</a>
. Here is the slide:</p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.Yz2CeA4W.cOn0RyQA@oppedahl.com" alt=""></p>
<p>Yes, it turns out that the ISA/US is a laggard in this area.
Many other ISAs (among them, AU, EP, KR, RU and SG) are up to date
in terms of communications with ePCT. But not the ISA/US.</p>
<p>If only the ISA/US could become trendy, modern, and up-to-date in
this area! If they had, then you could have sent your fee payment
(Form 2038) through ePCT. <br>
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<p>I have begged and pleaded with some high-up people within the
USPTO to become trendy, modern, and up-to-date in this area. So
far I have not succeeded.</p>
<p>Here is an important question. When you sent in the Form 2038,
did you later see the transaction in Financial Manager? <br>
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<p>Carl<br>
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