[Patentpractice] Large Tables ASCII Format

[Carl Oppedahl]

On 6/2/2025 12:48 PM, Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice wrote:
>
> Facts:
>
> National Phase application was filed with pages and pages of tables
>
> Application allowed.
>
> Got a Notice to Correct Application Papers because font of Tables too 
> small
>
> Increasing the font size makes the total pages close to 900 pages, 
> which requires 11 ADDITIONAL units of application size fees from what 
> was previously paid.
>
> I have the tables in ASCII format (prepared for a CON).
>
> Question: In response to the Notice, can we amend the specification to 
> delete the embedded tables and provide in ASCII format (by amending 
> the specification to incorporate the ASCII tables)?
>
> I understand extra page fees are calculated as 3 KB = 1 page, which 
> significantly decreases the amount of fees to something like 2 
> additional units of application size fees.
>
> I called patent publications (waited over an hour), they transferred 
> me to “case resolution team” for post-allowance stuff, who simply said 
> they don’t know.I thus called OPLA and got no one and hence left a 
> message hours ago.
>
I wonder if MPEP § 1893.03(f) would be of any help?  Here is what I 
filed recently in one of my national-phase cases.

    Request that Notice to File Corrected Application Papers be withdrawn
    The undersigned has now received a Notice to File Corrected
    Application Papers dated May 28, 2025.
    It is signed by <redacted> in the Publication Branch.
    The Notice says "The figure label for FIG. 6 is not oriented in the
    same direction as the figure." The
    Notice purports to require that the applicant respond with an
    amendment to the drawings.
    The Publication Branch is requested to comply with MPEP § 1893.03(f)
    which says:

        The USPTO may not impose drawing requirements during the
        examination of a national stage
        application beyond those imposed by the Patent Cooperation
        Treaty ( e.g., PCT Rule 11).

    The present application is a national phase application. It is thus
    apparent that the Notice to File
    Corrected Application Papers was improper.
    So as to comply with MPEP § 1893.03(f), the Publication Branch is
    requested to withdraw the Notice
    to File Corrected Application Papers.
    Respectfully submitted,

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