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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Krista Jacobsen via Pct<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 17, 2025 8:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Scott Nielson <scnielson@outlook.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Krista Jacobsen <krista@jacobseniplaw.com>; Pct@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pct] Can applicant name for US national-phase entry differ from applicant name for PCT application?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ooooh, Scott, that sounds awful. Thanks to you and Roger for your responses. Roger, great idea on the 92bis the day before. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:black">In my case, the PCT application listed the inventors as the applicants for purposes of the U.S. I listed the company as the applicant in the ADS when I filed the
371 application and received a filing receipt acknowledging the company as the applicant. Later, after I paid the issue fee, I received a notice that the USPTO mistakenly granted a request to change the applicant and it had reverted the change so that the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Pct <<a href="mailto:pct-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">pct-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
on behalf of Krista Jacobsen via Pct <<a href="mailto:pct@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">pct@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 17, 2025 6:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:Pct@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">Pct@oppedahl-lists.com</a> <<a href="mailto:pct@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">pct@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Krista Jacobsen <<a href="mailto:krista@jacobseniplaw.com" target="_blank">krista@jacobseniplaw.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pct] Can applicant name for US national-phase entry differ from applicant name for PCT application?</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When the PCT application was filed, the name of the company was "Oldname." The inventors executed an assignment to Oldname. After the PCT application was filed, the company changed its name to "Newname." It's the same entity, just with
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<p class="MsoNormal">As Oldname doesn't exist anymore, I want to name Newname as the applicant in the ADS that will accompany the national-phase filing in the U.S. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Will there be any USPTO snafus because the applicant of the PCT application does not match the applicant named in the U.S. national-phase entry papers? I couldn't find anything in the MPEP that addresses this situation, so I wanted to check
with the brain trust. I'm hoping someone has had this situation before, or perhaps a situation in which the PCT application was assigned to a different entity prior to national-phase entry, and you named the new owner as the applicant.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It seems like this shouldn't be an issue, but the USPTO seems to have endless ways to surprise me.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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