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<div class="WordSection1">A listserv member asks to post anonymously
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<div class="WordSection1"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We
filed PCT Rule 4.17 declarations in our PCT regarding the
Applicant’s entitlement to claim priority and to apply for and
be granted a patent in the international application.<o:p></o:p></span>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Now we
are filing national phase applications in some countries that
are requesting Deed of Assignment documents to be notarized
and/or legalized.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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the point of filing the Declarations in the PCT to avoid
having to jump through these hoops in the national phase? What
is the proper response to a request for these documents?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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