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<p>Yes I had recent times when Patentcenter would randomly insert
the wrong year in the bibliographic data. It was very scary
because the USPTO delights in charging a fee to correct it if the
filer made some real or imagined mistake in the initial
US-national-phase entry screen.</p>
<p>This was somehow linked to a problem that Patent Center would
refuse to accept an upload of a PDF ADS as part of the 371 entry
process, and the online (web-based) ADS kept inserting the wrong
year in various places.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/17/2025 4:26 PM, Sharon Rubin via
Patentcenter wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>We filed a 371 (U.S. national stage)
application in early April. The international filing date
was, let\u2019s say, 09/01/<b>23</b>. The international
application # and filing date were correctly entered in
Patent Center to initiate the filing. The correct
information was also entered in the ADS.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>However, both the Electronic
Acknowledgement Receipt and the Electronic Payment Receipt
listed the International Filing Date as 09/01/<b>24.
</b>We checked the continuity tab in Patent Center after
noticing the error in the receipts, and it also lists 09/01/<b>24</b>.
(Clicking through the PCT link takes you to WIPO, where the
International Publication naturally indicates the correct
filing date of 09/01/<b>23</b>.) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Of course, we always carefully
proofread the eventual Filing Receipt (which we don\u2019t expect
to receive any time soon) for errors, but
<b>371 filings shouldn\u2019t be able to have this type of error</b>.
This is an annoying waste of our time.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>We contacted the consistently
competent PCT Helpdesk. The representative had not seen this
particular error, but he agreed that it would likely carry
through to the eventual Filing Receipt if not corrected,
which he is endeavoring to do. (Then we won\u2019t have to deal
with a defective Filing Receipt as well as a corrected one,
which means less paperwork down the line.)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Has anyone else experienced this?</span></b><span>
I suggest proofreading 371 filing receipts very carefully,
and if you are awaiting some, I also suggest checking the
corresponding continuity dates in Patent Center.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Sharon Rubin<br>
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