[Patentcenter] Saving of Original PDF Drawing File by Patent Center under Supplemental Content

[Carl Oppedahl]

was your case a design case?  Series code 29 or 35?  For those cases, 
EFS-Web did automatically send all drawings, indexed either way, in 
SCORE.  And I have sort of assumed that Patent Center has done the same 
for 29- and 35-series cases.

On 1/29/2025 9:45 AM, John Smith via Patentcenter wrote:
> Hello Brain Trust:
>
> Back in EFS-Web, I was a loyal indexer of all drawings as 
> "Drawings-_other_ than black and white line drawings", which would 
> prompt EFS-Web to save the original PDF file under the Supplemental 
> Content tab.  I know many of us did the same, so we could refer back 
> to the original PDF file if the USPTO's compression algorithms removed 
> needed detail from the drawings stored in the IFW.
>
> I have continued the same indexing practice in Patent Center.
>
> However, upon reviewing the filings in Patent Center of colleagues who 
> index drawings as "Drawings-only black and white line drawings", I 
> notice that the native PDF has been saved in the "Supplemental 
> Content" tab.
>
> Was what I viewed in Patent Center some exception, or does Patent 
> Center now also save the original PDF of drawings indexed as 
> "Drawings-only black and white line drawings" under the "Supplemental 
> Content" tab by default?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
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