[Pct] PCT Listserv Question: Applicant of Convenience

[Carl Oppedahl]

On 1/29/2024 12:14 PM, Carl Oppedahl via Pct wrote:
> a listserv member asks to post anonymously ...
>
> No matter how many PCT webinars I attend, I never seem to pick up on 
> the best practice for */when/* (or if) to delete an Applicant of 
> Convenience.  We do have occasion to file PCT applications with an AoC 
> for purposes of a country where our clients would never file (MW 
> specifically). Historically, we have been filing a 92bis to remove the 
> AoC prior to any national phase filings, but I have been wondering if 
> that’s the best practice.
>
>
If you were to look up some AoC cases in Patentscope, I think that the 
most commonly observed sequence of events is:

  * AoC is established in the Request for only one designation (e.g. MW).
  * A day or two later, a 92/bis/ change request gets filed to remove
    the AoC.

The consequence of these events is that when the 18-month pub happens, 
the AoC is not shown there.
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