[Patentcenter] Refusal to correct priority claim listing

[Dan Feigelson]

Agree that it's unlikely to ever be cost-effective to sue, but still worth
knowing if those ADS instructions would stand up to scrutiny if someone DID
decide to sue.

Dan

On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM Scott Nielson <scnielson at outlook.com> wrote:

> The ADS instructions require domestic benefit claims to be listed in order
> of filing from most recent at the top to oldest at the bottom or they will
> not be recognized the benefit claim (happened to me last fall because I let
> Patent Center Autofill the benefit claim and the programmers didn't follow
> the ADS instructions). They probably aren't legally binding but who will
> sue the PTO  to get them overturned?
>
> In Robert's situation, it doesn't really matter whether they have the
> force of rules because he followed them.
>

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