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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/4/2024 9:45 AM, Katherine Koenig
via Pct wrote:<br>
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<div class="WordSection1">And, this is all after the AAU told me
my SB/39 would never be processed/approved because the
provisional had expired (even though the SB/39 was filed before
expiration) and they wouldn’t take action on an expired file.
The IB doesn’t care if it’s expired, just grant access already.
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<p>The AAU person lied to you. Under Article 4 of Paris, the Office
of First Filing is supposed to cooperate with things like this
regardless of the (irrelevant) event of the provisional
application having expired. The priority claim should be enabled
and honored "whatever may be the subsequent fate of the
application."<br>
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<p>I suppose this lie from the AAU person needs to be reported to
the supervisors at AAU. There used to be an online form where you
can report problems with AAU quality of service, see <a
href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/what-if-you-were-not-happy-with-service-from-the-application-assistance-unit/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://blog.oppedahl.com/what-if-you-were-not-happy-with-service-from-the-application-assistance-unit/</a>
. The USPTO has quietly deleted the online form where you can
report problems with AAU quality of service. That is a great
disappointment. But just follow the instructions in that blog
article, sending an email to the email address mentioned there.</p>
<p>And to the extent necessary, get help from <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pdx@uspto.gov">pdx@uspto.gov</a> (which
is the EBC) with getting access granted.</p>
<p>Everyone who is following this discussion of Best Practices for
getting an ECC into one's PCT application is invited to register,
if they have not already done so, for the upcoming comprehensive,
live, in-person PCT seminars. See <a
href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/attend-a-2%c2%bd-day-live-in-person-patent-cooperation-treaty-seminar-in-scenic-summit-county-colorado-2/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://blog.oppedahl.com/attend-a-2%c2%bd-day-live-in-person-patent-cooperation-treaty-seminar-in-scenic-summit-county-colorado-2/</a>
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