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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/22/2023 10:03 AM, David Boundy
via Pct wrote:<br>
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<div>The $200 micro-entity discount for fees <i><b>to the RO</b></i>
is just not worth it to deal with all the the PTO's stupid
software and all unpredictable ways the US Patent Office finds
to screw things up. (Search fee, yes. RO fee heck no.)</div>
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<div>Is there a plausible reason to file in RO/US other than
foreign filing license issues? And those can be dealt with
via a provisional that overlaps in time with getting your
formal drawings?<br>
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One reason to file in RO/US rather than RO/IB is if it's the last
possible day and it is already past midnight in Geneva.<br>
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