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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/9/2025 7:56 AM, Timothy Snowden
via Pct wrote:<br>
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<p>The US IPRP seems to be good quality lately (with my very
limited experience with it), and <i><b>now</b></i> that actual
examiners are doing it seems to be respected by the US, but I
shy away from it in most cases just because of the timing -- the
one time I've done it in the past few years (because clients
were US first and not even sure they were going to file outside
of US but just wanted to preserve options), USPTO didn't get it
there in time for national stage.</p>
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<p>This isn't a "now" thing. Ever since the USPTO joined the PCT in
1978, actual Examiners (USPTO employees in the Examining Corps)
have been doing IPEA/US work. That has never changed in 47 years.<br>
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