<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpa07dc0fcyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" style="" size="2">Dear ListServ Members:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Apologies for a rudimentary question, but I have not yet encountered this situation. We have a European applicant that has an office in the US. For a few reasons, we would like to file the PCT application with RO/US rather than RO/IB. Is establishing competency of the US as Receiving Office as simple as indicating "US" in the "State of Residence" field of the Applicant Box (Box II) of the Request? I don't see a spot to enter their US office address as a way of providing evidence of the US residence.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Many thanks in advance for your input.</font></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Kind Regards,</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Mary LaMorte</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><div style=""><div style=""><b><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></b></div><div style=""><b><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">LaMorte & Associates,
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