[Pct] Prevelance of Option to Submit Pre-Conversion Document

[Scott Nielson]

The recent PCT Newsletter has a link to a list<https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/preconversion-format.html#U> of ROs showing whether they accept pre-conversion documents—i.e., a copy of the original application before it undergoes any conversion by the RO.

I expected to see many offices that accept ROs and many that don't. Surprisingly, all the listed ROs accept pre-conversion documents except the US and JP. Based on my interaction with the JPO, it seems that they have had a long love affair with officially stamped paper documents (e.g., handwritten power of attorney, which I believe has only recently started to change). I don't know what the USPTO's excuse is. Maybe just incompetence related to government contracting.


Scott Nielson

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