[Patentpractice] filing by reference - avoids the non-docx charge or not?

[William Ahmed]

 David - what is your non-conforming DOCX?  [I would think its a non-text DOCX - i.e. your AUX pdf file which each page converted into a GIF file and embedded into DOCX, page by page - is this correct?]How is it safer than an 'ordinary' DOCX?Does your non-confirming DOCX avoid the $400 surcharge?
Thanks,Bill
    On Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 04:51:46 PM GMT+2, David Boundy via Patentpractice <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:  
 
 That's more or less what I do.  The word processor I use generates only a DOCX that doesn't conform to the regs.   So I file the non-conforming DOCX with the auxiliary PDF.   I get a request for substitute spec, and I then file my "auxiliary PDF" as a substitute spec.   Voila, no fee, no hassle.

On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 9:34 AM Bob Barber via Patentpractice <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

An alternative is to use pdf-xchange to convert the document to docx, and to include the backup pdf upon filing. Since the parent case is incorporated by reference, I can then just file a replacement spec later, viz. the original pdf (rather than proofread the "docx" version, which isn't worth my time or the client's money).

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