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<p class="MsoNormal">(a) In the future, file PCT applications at ePCT and RO/IB so you get the error checking. An ounce of prevention and small extra fees (WIPO won't give you the small entity discount -- so what) is worth a pound of cure.-0-<span style="color:red">To
confirm we would select IB instead of US to do the filing?</span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">Kind of yes, but the question is off target, so I think you're misunderstanding something fundamental. ePCT is a computer system. ePCT is the equivalent of Patent Center at WIPO for PCTs. For PCTs, forget Patent Center, forget <a href="http://uspto.gov">uspto.gov</a>. Start at <a href="https://pct.wipo.int/ePCT">https://pct.wipo.int/ePCT</a> and work from there. It's really far easier than the PTO's brain dead piece of junk.</span><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-3959976242651295954"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-3959976242651295954WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">(b) Do you have a filing receipt? What does PatentCenter or ePCT show as filing date for the provisional? If the electronic record has it right, it doesn't matter what the paper notices say. If the electronic record is not correct, ePCT
probably has an "Action" to correct stuff like this, which you can probably use even if you filed at RO/US.-
<span style="color:red">The date at epct has the transpose number. However, I see this will be sent from the IB. Does this mean I can submit the 26bis with the IB for correct?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">That confirms my conjecture -- that's not ePCT. That's a uspto paper form. Start at <a href="https://pct.wipo.int/ePCT">https://pct.wipo.int/ePCT</a> and work from
there. You will have to set up an account at WIPO. I did that once years ago, and I don't recall how to do it. Maybe start on Carls' blog. </span><a href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/wipo-provides-another-option-for-two-factor-authentication-in-epct/">https://blog.oppedahl.com/wipo-provides-another-option-for-two-factor-authentication-in-epct/</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"> Maybe someone else on this list will remind us how you set up an account at ePCT.</span><br></div><div> </div>
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