<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 4:30\u202fPM Charlene L. Odom via Pct <<a href="mailto:pct@oppedahl-lists.com">pct@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></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-1181424999816998026">
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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?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><br></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You can still file in the US (and may have to, if the invention was made in the US and an FFL has not been obtained). You should still use the ePCT system to prepare the Request filing package to be submitted to the USPTO via Patent Center. ePCT should check the priority applications to catch such errors, IF the provisionals have been made available to the DAS system.<br> </div></div></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1px">-Jeff </span><div><br style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1px"><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1px">Jeffrey E. Semprebon</span><br style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1px"><font face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:0.1px">Registered Patent Agent (mechanical) looking for remote work</span></font></div><div><a href="mailto:jesemprebon@gmail.com" target="_blank">jesemprebon@gmail.com</a><br style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1px"><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1px">72 Myrtle Street</span><br style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1px"><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1px">Claremont, New Hampshire 03743</span><br></div></div></div></div></div>