[Patentpractice] Addition filing receipt with superfluous information.

[Dan Feigelson]

Filed a 371 last August.  We filed with an ADS and included the access code
so that the PTO could retrieve the priority document via DAS.

In February 2024 got a filing receipt that mentioned *inter alia* that the
DAS code had been provided, and a notice asking for missing fees for excess
claims in February.

This month we filed a preliminary amendment eliminating the need for extra
claim fees. As a result, on April 24 we got another filing receipt that
differed from the original FR only in that the newer one included a
"preliminary class".

The PTO also retrieved the priority document from DAS, according to PC this
was done on April 24 as well.

Today we got yet another filing receipt, with the following additional
paragraph on the second page of the filing receipt:

"Request to Retrieve - This application either claims priority to one or
more applications filed in an intellectual property Office that
participates in the Priority Document Exchange (PDX) program or contains a
proper Request to Retrieve Electronic Priority Application(s) (PTO/SB/38 or
its equivalent). Consequently, the USPTO will attempt to electronically
retrieve these priority documents."

Why didn't they include this statement in the FR mailed two days ago? And
why is it worded as if they haven't yet retrieved the priority document
when  in fact they already have?

Dan

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