[Patentcenter] Query - Spec Version for Foreign Filing

[Scott Nielson]

The USPTO scrubbed version is not the feedback document. You get the scrubbed version by uploading your docx file and then downloading the docx file available in PC. The link to download the file is small and easy to miss. If I recall correctly, the file will have APP.TEXT (or something similar) at the end of the filename.

Scott Nielson
801-660-4400

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Thank you, Scott –



When you refer to the USPTO scrubbed version, are you referring to the “feedback document” or to something else?

Do you also download the docx file from Patent Center after filing and do anything with that document other than save it?



Best regards,



Alan





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I've been filing Docx applications for quite a while now. My process is to upload the docx file I created, download the USPTO scrubbed version, compare the two with the built-in compare function of Word, and if there are no differences, then I file the application. At this point, the comparison rarely reveals any differences in the text (mostly because I preemptively remove all bookmarks, convert auto-numbering and cross-references to text, etc., before uploading the Word file).



I keep copies of both what I uploaded and the USPTO scrubbed version in the file. The USPTO scrubbed version matches the hash on the filing receipt.



As for foreign filing, I usually just send the USPTO copy because it has been scrubbed of any metadata. However, the text in both files is the same so I don't think it matters.



Scott Nielson

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Subject: [Patentcenter] Query - Spec Version for Foreign Filing



Hi



Has anyone given any thought, or, do they have a current practice they would like to share about the version of the specification of a DOCX filed case that will be used for foreign filing (based on the US filed DOCX case)?



I am interested in hearing people’s thoughts about this …







Pamela Cei Brisky

Senior Patent Paralegal, Docketing Manager

Fujitsu North America, Inc.| Fujitsu Intellectual Property Center



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