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<p>Thank you so much for posting.</p>
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<p>This suggests yet another reason why a US-based PCT filer might
prefer to file at RO/IB instead of RO/US. This is in addition to
the many other reasons why RO/IB is a smart path.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/23/2024 7:37 PM, Scott Nielson via
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The recent PCT Newsletter has a link to a <a
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I expected to see many offices that accept ROs and many that
don't. Surprisingly, all the listed ROs accept pre-conversion
documents except the US and JP. Based on my interaction with the
JPO, it seems that they have had a long love affair with
officially stamped paper documents (e.g., handwritten power of
attorney, which I believe has only recently started to change).
I don't know what the USPTO's excuse is. Maybe just incompetence
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