[Patentpractice] DOCX webinar on Wednesday

[Carl Oppedahl]

Maybe you already figured out that it is very risky to file in DOCX.  
Maybe you figured out that it is far better to just give up and pay the 
$400 non-DOCX penalty so that you can use the trusted PDF path that you 
have been trusting for the past twenty years. (Or $180 or $60 for small 
and micro entities.)  If so, then you may safely skip this webinar that 
will take place on Wednesday, February 21.

But maybe you somehow still think that there are circumstances in which 
you can avoid having to pay the $400 non-DOCX penalty and be safe.  If 
so, then maybe this is because you believe one or another of these myths 
about DOCX.

  * */Myth #1./* /A PDF is a PDF, right?/  Surely the auxiliary PDF that
    is provided by the filer in the*/DOCX-plus-aux-PDF/*path protects
    the filer just as fully as the PDF that is provided by the filer in
    the*/legacy-PDF/*path? The answer is “no”.
  * */Myth #2. /*/Past results are a guarantee of future performance,
    right? /If a practitioner did a few DOCX filings in the past,
    scrutinizing the apparent results closely, and did not identify any
    USPTO rendering mistakes, surely this means that there is no need
    for the practitioner to carry out close scrutiny of such apparent
    results in future DOCX filings?  The answer is “no”.
  * */Myth #3./* /Close scrutiny during the e-filing process will
    suffice to avoid risks, right? /In any particular future DOCX
    filing, if during the e-filing process and before clicking “submit”,
    the practitioner closely scrutinizes the intermediate results, and
    does not identify any USPTO rendering mistakes, surely this means
    that any down-the-line risks have been successfully avoided and it
    is safe to click “submit”?  The answer is “no”.
  * */Myth #4./***/Microsoft Word is safe, right? /When the USPTO first
    announced its DOCX initiative in 2018, the USPTO made no secret of
    what it really wanted, which is for filers to purchase and use
    Microsoft Word for the DOCX filings.  Surely this means that if I
    use Microsoft Word for DOCX filings, I am safe?  The answer is “no”.
  * */Myth #5. /*/If I keep it simple, then I am risk-free, right?/  If
    the patent application that I am getting ready to file contains no
    tables, no math formulas, no chemistry structures, and no Greek
    letters, then there’s nothing to go wrong and I might as well file
    in DOCX, thus saving the $400, right?  The answer is “no”.

Attend this webinar, on Wednesday, February 21, in which we will dispel 
these five myths.  For more information, or to register, click here 
<https://blog.oppedahl.com/webinar-five-myths-about-filing-us-patent-applications-in-docx/>.

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